A few weeks ago, I found out that by the time I graduate in 2013 (…well hopefully by then), all sophomores will be required to live on campus. A couple things came to mind of how that will change the community around me. More dorms? More Police? Higher demand in Umphrey-Lee? All of the questions I think are pretty legitimate.
I know at Vanderbilt University students are required to live on campus for all four years. All of my Vandy friends love it too commenting that it keeps everybody together, and it’s easier to meet younger and older students. That all sounds great to me, but how is SMU going to handle another class of students on campus?
Umphrey-Lee will probably have to expand to handle more students at all meals of the day, and heaven forbid we will hire more police.
Then I thought maybe this is a blessing in disguise for many on-campus organizations like IFC and Panhellenic. With sophomores required to live on-campus, it might enthuse more students to join the Greek system for a place to live that isn’t a dormitory with friends and still be on campus. Existing chapters could benefit in many ways. Houses would need to be much more livable and more money from a bigger member population could make renovations possible. We might even see some new fraternity and sorority chapters’ spring up that used to be on campus like Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) and Kappa Delta (KD).
I hope that this sophomore on-campus rule has all the effects that could make SMU a stronger community, but I’ll have to wait and see. Any other ideas or comments on how SMU might be affected?
I know at Vanderbilt University students are required to live on campus for all four years. All of my Vandy friends love it too commenting that it keeps everybody together, and it’s easier to meet younger and older students. That all sounds great to me, but how is SMU going to handle another class of students on campus?
Umphrey-Lee will probably have to expand to handle more students at all meals of the day, and heaven forbid we will hire more police.
Then I thought maybe this is a blessing in disguise for many on-campus organizations like IFC and Panhellenic. With sophomores required to live on-campus, it might enthuse more students to join the Greek system for a place to live that isn’t a dormitory with friends and still be on campus. Existing chapters could benefit in many ways. Houses would need to be much more livable and more money from a bigger member population could make renovations possible. We might even see some new fraternity and sorority chapters’ spring up that used to be on campus like Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) and Kappa Delta (KD).
I hope that this sophomore on-campus rule has all the effects that could make SMU a stronger community, but I’ll have to wait and see. Any other ideas or comments on how SMU might be affected?
Anonymous Mustang I was unaware that by the time we graduate sophomores will be required to live on campus. I think its a great idea. Of course it will call for more dormitories, more food courts, and more police but it could also have a very large impact on the greek life. More people on campus means more members joining a fraternity or sorority. And if we are lucky maybe we will get a few more chapters to expand our greek life. This is good news considering President Turner is slowly making plans to get rid of the greek system.
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