New upgrades at ASU
Cecily Long, Sarah Campbell & Molly Carpenter
Issue date: 8/27/09 Section: News
Freshmen were excited about having the opportunity to move into rooms that hadn't been lived in before.
"I was impressed with staying in a new building with new stuff and no graffiti," said Rachel Carner, a freshman journalism major from Jonesboro. "I'm excited about living here."
Rebecca Oliver, director of student services for the Honors College, said the complex was built to house 219 honors students and that the complex is currently mostly full.
There are 87 single bedrooms reserved for upperclassmen. Two upperclassmen will share one bathroom. Freshmen will live in 132 double-occupancy rooms. Freshmen rooms will have twin size beds.
Students living in the honors complex will also enjoy going to class in a standalone building right next door at the soon-to-be "smart classrooms."
Although equipment, such as smart boards and projectors, had not arrived as of Tuesday afternoon, Oliver said they should arrive by the end of the week or early next week.
With the fall semester beginning on Monday, many students, including freshmen, began their transition to college life with Operation Move In.
Operation Move In was on Saturday and was a way to help students get moved back into their assigned homes efficiently and safely.
For many freshmen, the new school year is much more than class and studying, it is an opportunity to meet new people and to experience life on their own for the first time.
Anna Long, a freshmen undecided major from Portageville, Mo., said that she was most excited about meeting new people, joining a sorority and just college life in general.
"I want to have a good time while I'm here, but I also want to succeed and not let anything get to me," Long said.
Long is moving into University Hall and this is the first time away from home, other than summer visits to her sister's in Georgia or basketball camps at other universities.
"I'm nervous but I'm very excited about being away from home, plus I know my roommate, we went to school 15 minutes away from each other," Long said.
Freshmen will also have to depend on the help of upperclassmen and other friends to help them navigate their away around campus the first days of class, since many are not as familiar with the campus.
"I'm very nervous about finding my way around campus," Long said, "but me and my roommate know a girl from here who is going to show us around because I've really only been to one football game here."
Part of the appeal of ASU is the fact that it can be close to home, which is a reason many freshmen choose ASU as their destination for higher education.
"ASU is close to home," Long said. "It's not too close but it's not too far. I looked at other school but I just wanted to go to go here."
"I was impressed with staying in a new building with new stuff and no graffiti," said Rachel Carner, a freshman journalism major from Jonesboro. "I'm excited about living here."
Rebecca Oliver, director of student services for the Honors College, said the complex was built to house 219 honors students and that the complex is currently mostly full.
There are 87 single bedrooms reserved for upperclassmen. Two upperclassmen will share one bathroom. Freshmen will live in 132 double-occupancy rooms. Freshmen rooms will have twin size beds.
Students living in the honors complex will also enjoy going to class in a standalone building right next door at the soon-to-be "smart classrooms."
Although equipment, such as smart boards and projectors, had not arrived as of Tuesday afternoon, Oliver said they should arrive by the end of the week or early next week.
With the fall semester beginning on Monday, many students, including freshmen, began their transition to college life with Operation Move In.
Operation Move In was on Saturday and was a way to help students get moved back into their assigned homes efficiently and safely.
For many freshmen, the new school year is much more than class and studying, it is an opportunity to meet new people and to experience life on their own for the first time.
Anna Long, a freshmen undecided major from Portageville, Mo., said that she was most excited about meeting new people, joining a sorority and just college life in general.
"I want to have a good time while I'm here, but I also want to succeed and not let anything get to me," Long said.
Long is moving into University Hall and this is the first time away from home, other than summer visits to her sister's in Georgia or basketball camps at other universities.
"I'm nervous but I'm very excited about being away from home, plus I know my roommate, we went to school 15 minutes away from each other," Long said.
Freshmen will also have to depend on the help of upperclassmen and other friends to help them navigate their away around campus the first days of class, since many are not as familiar with the campus.
"I'm very nervous about finding my way around campus," Long said, "but me and my roommate know a girl from here who is going to show us around because I've really only been to one football game here."
Part of the appeal of ASU is the fact that it can be close to home, which is a reason many freshmen choose ASU as their destination for higher education.
"ASU is close to home," Long said. "It's not too close but it's not too far. I looked at other school but I just wanted to go to go here."
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