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Summer here ...
some are not
by Melisa Hohlt
Summer is finally within
reach and for many students it
means fun in the sun. But for
the less fortunate students,
summer means continuing the
never-ending quest for
knowledge, otherwise known as
summer school.
The main difference between
summer and any other
semester in College Station is
the number of students walking
around campus.
Last year, summer school got
off to a good start with 14,720
students enrolling for the first
term, according to associate
registrar Donald D. Carter. The
second term was a bit less
fruitful with only 13,111
students enrolling.
Carter says predictions aren’t
made for summer terms, so he
can’t speculate on the number
of students sticking around this
summer. He says that since
enrollment is expected to be up
for the fall, he guesses at least as
many students as last summer
will attend this summer.
As many long-time summer
school advocates will say,
summer in College Station is as
good or as bad as a person
makes it.
Freshman business major
J.D. Shiver says he will not be
returning to school this summer
because he “learned his lesson”
last summer.
Shiver got a head start on
college when he took history
and political science the
summer before his freshman
year.
“Summer school was a good
experience that helped break
me into school, ” he says, “but it
was not fun and I studied all the
time.”
Shiver lived on campus, as
he does now, and says it was a
lot of fun and very convenient.
He says he wanted to see what
dorm life was all about. His only
complaint was that the
Commons Dining Hall was a
long walk from Hobby Hall,
where he lived at the time.
One determining factor in the
success of your summer will
undoubtedly be your choice of
residence. The first option,
living on campus in one of the
specified dormitories, has good
points and bad points.
Meeting people is one of the
good points, if you like meeting
people. Unless you’re living
with the same roommate
you’ve lived with forever, pot-
luck is a great way to find a new
friend. If that doesn’t work,
door-knocking and dorm
parties are alternative ways to
meet people.
On-campus students also
have the advantage of setting
their alarm clocks a little later in
the mornings, not to mention
the fact that they have less
distance to walk once they
finally do get up.
Campus housing also gives
students the opportunity to eat
at one of the campus dining
halls.
This summer, the Commons
Dining Hall will be the only
dining hall available, but
cafeterias and snack bars will be
available in Rudder Tower, the
Memorial Student Center, the
Commons and the Pavilion.
The Housing Office suggests
that those students utilizing a
board plan live in Dorms 4 or 6
for men and Gainer or Briggs
for women, since these halls are
close to the Commons dining
hall.
Other residence halls open
for the summer include Haas
and Fowler for men, McFadden
and Keathley for women, and
Underwood and Hughes for
men and women.
Prices for on-campus
housing range from $173 to
$340, depending on double or
single occupancy and dorm
choice. A full list may be
obtained from the Housing
Office in the YMCA building.