housing
Against housing students in the Franciscan Inn
By Eleanor O’Hagan Staff Writer Franciscan University is growing! Each freshman class is bigger than the last and new academic programs and buildings are going up. This is amazing to see, especially since many of the students who are coming to Franciscan are doing so because of the Catholic Faith and community on campus. But […]
Graduate student reveals the pluses and minuses of living off – campus
By Grace Murphy Web Editor Spring is nearly upon us. Along with the new season comes yearly conversations amongst freshmen, sophomores and juniors about which dorm or height they want to live in and who they plan to live with. A smaller population of students who have reached the age of 21, have senior credit […]
Lottery-based housing fair wins student satisfaction
SUZANNAH EVANS STAFF WRITER Franciscan University’s Student Life opted to go with a lottery-based system for this year’s housing fair in the J.C. Williams Center on April 15. This was a switch from a previously used method of a first-come-first-served basis. This semester, students were assigned a lottery number based on their class ranking and […]
Residence Life changes housing fair to lottery-based system
HANNAH CRITES ASSISTANT EDITOR Franciscan University Residence Life is changing its housing process for students living in the Upper Campus dorms to lottery style from the previous first-come-first-served system. Students received an email March 15 from housing specialist Allison Peleskey explaining the new system and detailing the plans to create a lottery system through which […]
Apartment complex gains traction as viable off-campus housing option for students
MELISSA SOLANO WEB EDITOR One of the biggest complaints among Franciscan University students is the lack of housing options. There are the dorms or Assisi Heights, or one must take up the task of searching for an inexpensive, reputable off-campus option. “I lived in the Heights for three semesters and honestly it felt crowded,” said […]