The Woods Housing | Photo by Monica Brutto | The Wright State Guardian
Wright State University is known for providing nice and affordable on-campus housing, but recently, housing has been the location of campus crime and student unease; despite these factors, students expressed relatively positive opinions about housing.
Housing incidents
It is no secret that on-campus housing often faces problems. Whether it is something small, such as heating being out, or something larger, like the Jacob Hall fire or stolen vehicles, safety events have been more frequent this academic year.
Salliea Holland, residential senator in the Student Government Association, explained her experiences.
“During my time as residential senator, I’ve mainly heard about things that are going on on campus, like events, activities during the weekend and dining services,” Holland said.
Holland is a third-year student at WSU who has lived in Hamilton Hall and University Park and currently resides in College Park. She explained that she has had a pleasant experience with no major issues.
Student opinions
Kayla Bush, a second-year elementary education major at Wright State, commuted last year and now lives in the University Park community. She has many concerns about the lack of parking space in her community.
“It’s inconvenient and scary at night,” Bush said. “I feel as though bad things can happen given there are no other precautions besides blue buttons and phones, but I do feel decently safe.”
Grace Moore, a criminal justice major who is in her third year and has lived on campus all three years, said that she has not had any negative experiences apart from some roommate complications.
“I like living on campus,” Moore stated. “I recommend living on campus, as [the apartments] seem to be much cheaper than the surrounding apartments off campus. Here, you don’t have to worry about electric or water bills, it’s all covered.”
Moore also described all of her favorite features about her current community, saying how much she enjoys having a kitchen, dishwasher, washer and dryer in her apartment.
Takeaways
Several students described that maintenance was usually very quick to respond, and when they were not quick, it was usually on a weekend.
Although campus housing has faced some problems in the past, it is clear that a lot of students have had an overall positive experience living at Wright State.
For more information about safety concerns of on-campus housing, visit this previous Guardian story.
