Two apartment complexes to offer MU student housing
June 4, 2008
Due to a record enrollment of freshmen, the Department of Residential Life will house students in Campus Lodge and Campus View apartment complexes for the 2008-2009 academic year. The leased areas in the apartments will be called Mizzou Quads and Tiger Diggs, respectively.
Due to an especially large freshman class, the Department of Residential Life will enter into a contract with Campus View Apartments and Campus Lodge to provide housing.
Students can live in two learning communities in the “extended campus” housing: Tiger Diggs at Campus View or Mizzou Quads at Campus Lodge.
MU spokesman Christian Basi said the learning communities will be broad-based instead of based on interest or academic emphasis area.
Though most incoming freshman have received their housing assignments, those who have not can sign up for the “extended campus” housing starting June 5.
Students who don’t have housing assignments yet are ones who enrolled at MU later or originally requested a specific housing assignment that could not be met, Basi said.
“For example, some students requested a specific type of room in a specific residence hall when they registered,” Basi said. “At that time, those rooms might not have been available so we were unable to complete their room request.”
An e-mail sent to some incoming freshmen by Residential Life Associate Director Kirsten Kennedy said the two locations would offer 700 spaces for students. Also, more single rooms will be available and no more than two people will share a bathroom, the e-mail stated. Students who live in the extended campus housing will still be required to purchase a meal plan.
In an interview, Kennedy said the UM system would have to sign the contract with Campus View and Campus Lodge, but the contract has not yet been signed because of the logistics of coordinating between different property owners and lawyers.
“We’ve agreed to everything in concept,” she said. “Both places gave us permission to talk about it (the plan).”
Kennedy said the extended housing arrangement would only last for the 2008-2009 school year. In addition, Residential Life has converted computer labs and lounges in residence halls back to student rooms, and Cramer Hall, previously scheduled to close this summer, will remain open.
Basi said MU residence hall polices will apply to the extended campus housing, but in cases where MU policies conflict with apartment policies, the more restrictive policy will take precedence.
Campus View Apartments General Manager Brad Boyer said he believes many Campus View policies are the same or similar to Residential Life policies. Campus Lodge policies are in line with Residential Life policies, Property Manager Vineta Pritchard stated in an e-mail.
Incoming freshman Brett Dinkins, from Annapolis, Mo., said he thinks freshmen who live in the extended housing will miss out on “a normal freshman experience.”
“You’re going to be far away and isolated, especially if you don’t have a vehicle,” he said.
He said the distance between the housing and campus would be a problem for students getting to class.
“They were trying to sell it and make it seem like it would be good, but it’s two miles away,” he said. “And a lot of incoming freshman don’t bring vehicles. That’s a problem for them.”
Both locations include stops on the Columbia Transit Gold Route bus lines.
“As we have been examining places for housing, one of the criteria that was very important for us was a reliable shuttle service,” Basi said.
Basi said the price to live in Tiger Diggs is $4,550 per year, while to live at Mizzou Quads will cost $5,300 per year. He said rates for on-campus residence hall housing range from $3,670 to $6,570.
“The prices are very comparable to residence halls with similar amenities,” he said.
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