Living on campus as an upperclassmen: the pros and cons

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CORRECTION: This article was updated to remove an incorrect quote attributed to Kiera Zellerer. "I think that [on campus living] can be terrible because of the strict rules that are enforced while you're trying to be an adult for the first time." should not have been included as Zellerer did not state this. The George Anne regrets this error.











Many of Georgia Southern's upperclassmen students are considering and living on campus, with the help of University Housing, due to greater perks than living in complexes off campus.














According to the GS Housing website, the University Housing's mission is to "foster the development of respect, responsibility, and accountability in students by providing engaging living/learning environments within safe, affordable and comfortable housing."





Upperclassmen students can live at on campus complexes such as Freedom's Landing, Centennial Place and University Villas, but depending on the amount of incoming first-year students, Watson Hall pods can be made available for returning students.





Student housing is decided off of a lottery based system, where it's first-come first-serve and a self selection process.





The pros





On campus living provides many advantages to all students, not just freshman, according to Ryan Heins, Associate Director for Business and Administration for University Housing.





"Over the last several years, we have made significant improvements to our panic alarms, video surveillance systems and continued installation of additional blue light boxes within our facilities," Heins said.





In addition to this added security by community leaders and resident directors, students aren't allowed alcohol in on-campus housing. However, in the privacy of a student's room or personal unit common space, alcoholic beverages are permitted only for those persons 21 years of age of older in accordance with state law, provided that at least one 21-year-old resident of the unit is present while the alcohol is consumed, according to University Housing Policies.





The safety





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