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Editorial | A member of The Mirror editorial staff and a columnist offer advice for students searching for housing options.

The Mirror Asks | A reporter from The Mirror asked students around campus where they plan to live during the upcoming semester.

Central Campus | We highlight what central campus has to offer students while explaining the different residence halls and the dining hall.

West Campus | We highlight all the west cam-pus has to offer students, including residence halls and the dining hall.

Arlington Park | A reporter from The Mirror of-fers insight into the Arlington Park apartments for students interested in remaining close to campus.

Roommates | We look into the different compo-nents of living with a roommate and what to know when choosing to live with one.

The Grove | We examine a popular off-campus location by looking into rent costs and different features.

University Housing | UNC not only offers resi-dence halls for students to live in but other options include houses and apartments.

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Use common sense when making living arrangement choices

When I was asked to write this column, I wondered why on

Earth I would be appointed; I don’t know much about hous-ing markets, determining a home’s value or interior de-sign. But I realized that equal-ly important was knowledge I do have — experiences in fi nding a place and living with different people. With that, let’s begin.

Housing in Greeley sucks. Most of the homes on this side of town are run-down and somewhat (okay, very) de-pressing. Living on campus or in the Arlington Apartments is an option if you want a better aesthetic feel for your home, but the university’s presence is still “Big Brother-y” and rent is more expensive. A place

outside of town would likely be nicer, but as a college stu-dent, you’re probably a super-hippie about gas usage, plus rent is likely higher in a place that isn’t notorious for its gang affi liation and continuous stench of burning cows’ blood (which also offends the activ-ist in you).

What’s a student to do?Look fi rst at what you value

in a home. Is it important to have lots of interaction avail-able or would you rather stick to yourself? How much do you value proximity to campus? Is rent a big issue to you? Pri-oritize these conditions — no place will be perfect for you, but there are plenty of homes that meet major criteria.

Be sure to shop around. My housemates and I settled on our current house without much discussion about other options, and we’re not pleased with the price-to-quality ratio of the place. If you end up in a home you don’t like, there’s nobody to blame but yourself.

Speaking of housemates,

let’s step back and take a long, hard look at the other humans with whom you’re planning on sharing a living space. Make sure you know them well enough to trust them with your belongings, but many a friend-ship has been changed by co-habitation, often for the worse. A roommate is every bit as ca-pable of ruining next year as a basement fl ood in your new home, so choose wisely.

Communicating with room-mates is critical. That becomes clear when it’s the morning of your big presentation and you weren’t able to fi nd your ma-terials under your roommate’s clothes and you didn’t shower because the bathroom was oc-cupied for three hours. A fl ex-ible and courteous roommate is a good roommate, even if you don’t become the best of friends.

If you have a beef with your roommate, it’s best to clear the air sooner rather than later. Most of the time, leases are for a year, so letting a problem fester is only going to allow it

to grow and become a biggerissue than it was originally.

Inevitably, all roommate-ships go through ups and downs; disagreements are nat-ural, and if they are handledappropriately and maturely, the silence between room-mates isn’t rooted in malice,but instead in the fact that youdon’t actually care about eachother, which is a lot nicer. Ei-ther that or you can be friendsagain.

Housing can be a compli-cated issue and if you’re stilllooking for a place to live nextyear, pickings are pretty slimat this point, but there are stillenough options to fi nd a de-cent fi t.

We’re all lucky enough tohave a place to rest our headsat night. The next step is mak-ing sure it’s a comfortableplace to live, in all aspects.

— Michael Nowels is a ju-nior elementary education ma-jor and is a columnist for TheMirror. He can be contacted [email protected].

By Michael Nowels

Like Towels

Singing a lease: a real grown-up decisionThe whole experience of

college presents students with a chance to fi nally be on their own. The freedom is pure bliss and a feeling that is truly one-of-a-kind. As a freshman, that freedom comes in the form of a residence hall.

For many students, that’s the fi rst time they live on their own without their parents just down the hall. Residence hall life is really something else and without a doubt should be experienced by everyone at one point or another.

But living in a residence hall freshman year gives stu-dents the luxury to not worry about paying rent. When ev-ery freshman moves in, they have to sign a contract that the students will follow certain standards while inhabiting the space. Besides that, students don’t have monthly payments to worry about, rather that is

taken care of at the beginning of the semester.

But when freshmen become sophomores, and in some cas-es when sophomores become juniors, they outgrow living in a residence hall and that hun-ger for more freedom strikes back. The majority of stu-dents then begin the process of walking the streets around campus looking for houses or apartments.

Then comes the show-ing of each place; where you learn more and more about the house, ultimately coming closer to deciding where you want to live. Once a place meets the requirements of each roommate’s predetermined re-quirements comes the signing of the lease.

Now, before we get to the moment where your John Hancock locks you into poten-tially the must responsibility

you have ever required, let’s back up. Up until this point, you have been living in a resi-dence hall without the worry of annual payments creeping up at the beginning of every month.

Now we go back to the mo-ment before you sign your lease, pen in hand, and just seconds later you have agreed to pay a predetermined amount money for next six months or even to a year with no exceptions.

This is a big step and one that should be taken with much caution. If you are signing a lease for the time, I would highly suggest looking it over before hand. When you do, the text will be small and it might seem wordy, but it’s worth it to know what you’re getting into before you sign above the dotted line.

If you are even feeling the slightest bit of doubt, consult

an attorney. There is one at the University Center that is funded through our student fees to offeradvice on issues such as this.

Signing a lease is somereal-world responsibility, andstudents need to realize it’s a very serious commitment.Though, some renting com-panies have been dealing withstudents for some time nowand understand their unfamil-iarity to the process and in turncan be more forgiving if a pay-ment is missed or late.

Nevertheless, some agen-cies treat students just as theywould an adult when they signthat lease. There is no doubtthe freedom along with havingyour own place is unmatchedand true bliss. But make sureyou know what the your get-ting into before signing.


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The Mirror asks:

Where are you living next year?

Karlie HuckelsFreshman, Undeclared

“I am going to be living in Turner Hall next year with my roommate, Ashley. I lived in South Hall this year.”

Xin Woanggraduate student,

Education technology

“I am living on campus at the complex by the University Center. It’s south of the Davis House, near the northeast corner.”

Molly McGillickjunior, speech language

and pathology

“I am living in a house on 11th Avenue. I knew the people living there before, so I am just taking over someone’s spot. “

Dani Avilasophomore,

communication studies

“I think I am living back home with my parents. It will help me save money from not having to pay rent. “

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As the spring semester con-tinues, incoming and returning students alike are beginning to look at prospects for places to live in fall of the upcoming year.

UNC boasts a number of places for students to live on campus, and one such commu-nity offered is central campus.

Central campus is made up of 12 different resident halls available to new and return-ing students. Altogether, cen-tral campus houses more than 1,000 students. Students are able to choose from a vari-ety of residence halls includ-ing President’s Row, which includes Brown Hall, Bond Hall, Dickeson Hall and Lujan Hall.

According to Val Nielsen, the assignment coordinator for housing and residential educa-tion, there are no plans in the near future to renovate any of the halls on central campus as they were all renovated sev-eral years ago. While central campus may not be up for any renovations, Nielsen ex-pressed how unique it is on this side of campus.

“The residence halls are

smaller than on west campus, it has a smaller community and makes it easier to connect with people,” Nielson said. “There are also traditional, two person rooms on central campus that are not available on west campus.”

While west campus has most of the same amenities as central campus, west cam-pus does not have community bathrooms.

“Most students don’t con-sider that an amenity,” Nielsen said. “However, students get busy and not having to clean your bathroom proves to be pretty useful.”

Central campus offers a uniquely close-knit commu-nity that is perfect for new or returning students to build re-lationships and enjoy college life to the fullest.

Brown Hall is home to 34 students with one- and two-person suites available and some suites sharing a bath-room. In addition, Brown Hall also offers two lounges and a community kitchen.

Bond Hall houses 51 stu-dents with suites ranging from one to six people, and those suites share a bathroom as well. Dickeson Hall holds 56 students and one- to fi ve-per-

son suites that share a bath-room. Lujan Hall houses 34 students, also in one- to fi ve-bedroom suites that share a bathroom. All of the residence halls in President’s Row have laundry facilities on the lower level.

“It’s the old faculty build-ing so we’re much more unique than the rest of central campus,” said Karlett Eguiluz, a freshman sociology and math secondary education ma-jor. “Our rooms are hardwood fl oor and suite-style.”

Other halls include the Central Coalition, formed from six residence halls: Bel-ford, Decker, Gordon, Han-sen-Willis, Sabin and Snyder. Belford houses 52 students in double and single rooms, and there are community bath-rooms on each fl oor. Decker Hall holds 28 students in two-person rooms with community bathrooms on each fl oor. Gor-don is home to 28 students in two-bedroom suites with com-munity bathrooms, male bath-rooms on the fi rst fl oor, female bathrooms on the second.

Hansen-Willis houses 108 students in four-person suites and single rooms. The suites include two bedrooms, a liv-ing room and private bath-

room. Sabin holds 33 studentsin two person suites with com-munity bathrooms on eachfl oor. Snyder houses 103 stu-dents in single, two- or three-person rooms with communitybathrooms on every fl oor. Allresidence halls offer laundryrooms, community kitchensand lounges for students.

Rounding out the centralcampus dorms are Wiebkingand Wilson Halls. Wiebkinghouses students in two-person rooms with community bath-rooms on every fl oor, offers a classroom and music prac-tice room. Wiebking also actsas an academic communityfor theater and music majorsat UNC. Wilson houses 282 students in two-person roomswith community bathroomson each fl oor. Both Wilson and Wiebking offer laundry facili-ties, community kitchens andcommunity lounges.

Kennedy Ynclan, a fresh-man sport and exercise major, says his favorite thing aboutliving in Wilson is the com-munity he feels among theother residents.

“Our RAs are probably thenicest people on the planet,”Ynclan said. “I wouldn’tchange a thing about centralcampus.”


Central creates close-knit communityPhotos on Pages 6 and 7 by Ben Stivers | The Mirror


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West campus is home to more than 2,000 students at UNC. Its fi ve residence halls are home to a diverse group of students of all ages and majors, as well as the cam-pus recreation center and the James A. Michener library.

Students are drawn to west campus for its proximity to general education classes, its suite-style living options and its supportive community.

The west campus residence halls have a reputation for being a little nicer given the somewhat recent renovations, compared to other halls on campus. All of them feature suite-style living with private bathrooms, and many more single rooms than are offered on central campus. More than two-thirds of the rooms avail-able on the university’s cam-pus are located on west cam-pus.

“As a freshman, most gen-eral education classes are on west campus,” said Val Nielsen, the assignment co-ordinator for housing and residential education. “North, South, and Turner are also huge draws.”

North and South Hall were built on the site of the Univer-sity of Northern Colorado’s fi rst coed residence building, McCowen Hall, in 2008, and house around 350 residents each. They appeal to many students due to their state-of-the-art study rooms and eye-pleasing architecture. Each suite features a living area and private bathroom, and stu-dents live in double or single bedrooms.

“In Turner Hall, all the rooms are single,” said Helly Hernandez, a junior criminal justice major and a resident assistant for Turner Hall. “You share a space, but not a bed-room.”

Turner houses 330 students in suites of two, three or fi ve bedrooms, each with a living area and bathroom. The fi ve person suites have two bath-rooms. The lower fl oors of Turner Hall were renovated in 2010.

“Your community is what you make of it,” Nielsen said. “It’s not where you live, it’s how you live. You’re going to meet new people everywhere on campus.”

Lawrenson Hall is a desti-nation for many upperclass-men who still want to live on

the university campus, but if is also open to freshmen. Law-renson features suites of two or four in double bedrooms. Each apartment-style suite has its own private bathroom, liv-ing space and compact kitch-en. Upperclassmen living in Lawrenson are not required to have a meal plan, unlike other residence halls.

Harrison Hall was com-pletely renovated in 2011 and houses 542 students, with two wings of suite-style rooms. Each suite is comprised of two bedrooms connected through a shared bathroom. Harrison also features the Den, which provides students with a high-tech study room.

All fi ve west campus resi-dence halls feature laundry facilities and study areas. All but Lawrenson have commu-nity kitchens.

Usually, the learning com-munities for nursing, biology, education and several other majors are located on west campus, though their location changes yearly. The west cam-pus residence halls are close to classes in education, science and English, to name a few.

The Campus Recreation Center being so close to so many residence halls also

proves to be a selling point forliving on west campus.

“A lot of people that live on west are involved with athletics and sports,” Hernandez said.

West campus is known forits friendly community, evenwith a relatively large num-ber of students living in eachbuilding.

“I feel like the people hereare about building a commu-nity through all the halls,” saidSharayah Bergman, a sopho-more sport and exercise sci-ence major who is the diver-sity mentor for Turner Hall.“They reach out to people inother buildings.”

Bergman’s opinion is onewidely held by those living onthis side of campus.

“I love west campus be-cause it’s very open,” saidJonica Jurgens, a freshmanspecial education major whois also a member of the Resi-dence Hall Association and theCommunity Council for Law-renson Hall. “There are a tonof people to meet and eventsare always happening. We getto talk with residents and plana lot of fun events. RHA is ablast because it allows me tohave a voice with the otherresidence halls and be activein res life.”

West offers hustle, bustle with comfort

Ben Stivers | The Mirror


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Students who are looking for a place of their own next year should look no further than the houses and apartments suited for UNC students by companies like Vintage Corporation and Tanager Management.

There are many options for students who are looking for housing close to the university and just far enough away where they will fi nally feel complete freedom and maybe the iron fi st of adulthood.

“Vintage Corporation wants college students to know that these are the best apartments of-fered,” said Dawn Huff, manag-er at Vintage Corporation. “We have plenty of rooms available for students in Arlington Apart-ments. Arlington is a great place for students who don’t want to quite give up on the Resident Assistants idea yet. There are some residents who will be making sure that everyone is following the letter of the law, like with underage drinking and stuff like that. People who live in Arlington love it. We have never had any complaints about the apartments. Students seem to really enjoy spending their time there. I think it is a much better place to be than in the dorms if you’re an undergraduate.”

Huff believes there is an advantage to living off cam-pus as opposed to living in the residence halls on campus. She emphasized the increased pri-vacy and more livable space, contrary to the cramped feeling of a residence hall.

“I believe that our apart-ments that we lease out to stu-dents are much better than the dorms,” Huff said. “I think they provide college students with privacy and the feeling that they are fi nally living as they would if they were not in college. Our leases are cheap and we provide some sort of assistance and lee-way when needing some more time to pay rent and whatnot. Not all landlords are trolls.”

The price ranges are all over

the board. For the most part, though, the more residents a room has, the less those stu-dents will have to pay for rent and utilities. Vintage Corpora-tion, as well as Tanager Man-agement, are still leasing for the2013-14 school year.

“Our prices range from $300 to $475 a person,” said MelindaMcDaniel, accounts manager for Tanager Management. “Wehave some rooms still availablefor the school year too. But be-cause our prices are so competi-tive we have run out of rooms pretty quickly.

“We have apartments still available on 11th Avenue, 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue,” Mc-Daniel said. “Tanager Manage-ment doesn’t have many apart-ments available because the apartments fi ll up pretty fast, but we urge students to come check out the available apartments.We have six more available apartments, so students who arescrambling because they still haven’t found a place to live for next year should come check out what we have available.”

Students who have been apartment hunting since January have quickened their pace sincemost of the available apartments have fi lled up by now.

“I have been looking for an apartment for next year since January,” said Allanna Kotarski, a sophomore special education major. “Me and my friend want to live together off campus next year without the watchful, suspicious and ac-cusatory Resident Assistants. It seems like they always think we’re up to something. Now we have been looking everywhere, and we can’t fi nd a single one that we both like and that is af-fordable.”

Students who are looking for roommates can also go ontoTanager Management’s website and they provide you with helpin fi nding a roommate. Students who are still looking for a place to live next year can go to ren-tunc.com or vintagecorp.com for listings around the UNC campus.

Off-campus living options widely available

Colleen Allison | The MirrorA kitchen in Arlington Park is decorated to suit the resident’s desires. Arlington Park is a unique option because it comes furnished with beds, tables and other essentials for an enjoyable living situation.

Colleen Allison | The MirrorArlington Park is one of several locations around campus that off ers students independent living. With that, though, comes increased responsibility of signing a lease and staying on top of bills.


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College is the time for students to try something new and experience things they may normally not, and one of those is living with a roommate.

College freshman are re-quired to live in the dorms their fi rst year and in many cases are just given a roommate based on their answers to a question-naire.

Most of these new students share a room in a residence hall; other undergraduates who fi nd that life unappeal-ing may need to fi nd a roommate either in off-

campus apartments or fi nd-ing a house near the school.Regardless of whether it is ahouse, residence hall or apart-ment, students need to put insome serious thought beforethey decide to take the majorstep of living with someoneelse.

“I had this roommate justthis semester, and I couldn’tstand her,” said Kelley Giova-nini, a sophomore nursing ma-jor. “She would always barkat me to do chores that I neversaid I was going to do. In theend, she moved out of thedorm. so it worked out wellfor me.”

The upsides to having aroommate are always havingsomeone around that you can

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talk to, someone to share the bills with and, ideally, somebody to have fun with.

“I’d love to live with a friend of mine while I’m here,” Giovanini said. “I’m looking for a place off of campus now be-cause I hate the dining hall food and plus I think it is just so much better to be off of campus. You don’t get patrolled by RAs all the time.”

Students want a roommate who is fun, easy-going and a potential friend. At least those are the qualifi cations for some peo-ple. Other students want someone who will keep to themselves and not really insert themselves into their roommate’s life.

Almost every student who lives on campus has heard of a roommate horror story from a friend or has been at the cen-ter of a roommate argument.

In the residence halls, each resident of the room has to fi ll out a contract that ver-ifi es when each person goes to bed, when they wake up, if they listen to music to study, if they study at all and how clean they keep their living space. Sometimes these contacts are helpful and are never brought out to see the light of day again; others use these contracts as weapons and evidence of their roommate’s neg-ligence.

Living with people other than your

immediate family can take a toll on a per-son, which is to say that some people are not cut out for interacting with people they dislike.

“I like living in the residence halls because I like meeting new people and hanging out with the other residents,” said Elise Flores, a sophomore commu-nication studies major. “Everything is so close and there is always someone to talk to late at night.”

Other students agree that being near to campus is a must but most do not want to stay on campus because part of going to college is also starting to take care of yourself and start acting like an adult.

“I’m planning on getting a place off campus with one of the girls I’m living with now,” said Amanda Jones, a sophomore

elementary education major. “We already have a place

picked

out, and we’re excited. Though both of usare normal college students, which meanswe’re scraping by in terms of fi nances,there are some places off campus thatare willing to work with students on theirpayments, so that helped us out a lot.”

Looking for a place and someone youcan accept as someone who students willmost likely see everyday is a struggle, butsome students have found a perfect bal-ance of what is needed in a roommate.

“In looking for a roommate, I usuallylook for someone I can tolerate for morethan a few minutes,” Jones said. “It’s allabout, ‘Is this person a good friend?’ Can we hang out but also have our own livesgoing on?’ The situation we have rightnow is great so that’s why we’re gettinga place together. We both respect eachother’s property and we have fun too, justhanging out.”

Roommates are an integral part of ev-ery college student’s life. Finding the

right roommate is what canmake a college semester agreat experience or a frus-trating nightmare.

a part of college life, for better or worse

Photos on Pages 10 and 11 by Ben Stivers | The Mirror

12 - The Mirror Spring 2013UNC HOUSING GUIDEFurnished Grove features favorable amenities Colleen Allison [email protected]

Now that the spring semes-ter is about half over, students have begun to plan for the se-mester ahead by planning on where to live.

Students willing to take a short drive on 11th Avenue to The Grove complex, which is heavily populated with stu-dents and has furnished ac-commodations, is undoubtedly a popular choice.

There are several different options when it comes to liv-ing space at The Grove. The current leasing prices for a 2013-14 contract, that starts on Aug. 17 and goes through July 31, for a two-bedroom apartment is $540 a month. A three-bedroom apartment for the same lease goes for $495 a month. The leases are individual, meaning each per-son pays that amount for their room, and they are not tied to any roommate on the lease.

“I really enjoy living at The Grove because of its college living lifestyle,” said Leighann Hobby, a current Community Assistant at The Grove. “It defi nitely gives an indepen-dence-feel and has a upbeat atmosphere due to the major-ity of residents being college students.”

Schermisia Chambers, the leasing sales and marketing manager for The Grove, said the complex still has 504 open beds.

“We would ideally like to have all students sign a lease by mid-July,” said Chambers. “The longer students wait, the higher the rates get.”

There are some additional fees when you fi rst sign up to live at The Grove, such as ap-plication fees.

“We have a one-time $60

application fee, as well as a $250 community fee that is discounted $50 at this time,” Chambers said. “The com-munity fee pays for all of the amenities that include pool, hot tubs, beach-style volley ball court, basketball court, grills, 24-hour fi tness center, full-service coffee bistro, full-service game room and a com-puter lab.”

On top of that each apart-ment comes with a utility pack-age which covers up to $60 of the energy bill for the two-bedroom apartment and $90 in the three-person apartment. If residents go over that amount, they will be billed separately for the extra amount.

Each student that lives at The Grove is provided with his or her own private room, as well as bathroom. Along with a substantial amount of privacy, each resident also has their own walk-in closet in their rooms. Each bedroom is fully furnished with a full-size bed, a desk, a chair, a dresser, and each apartment features a dining set, sofa, arm chair and table, and includes a full washer and dryer.

“I honestly really like liv-ing at the Grove,” said Kaitlin Neu, a junior elementary edu-

cation major. “Yes, it is loudand expensive, but I feel likeyou really get your money’s worth if you take advantageof everything The Grove hasto offer. I love living 15 stepsaway from the gym and thepool. It’s super convenient,and I never feel unsafe.”

Water, sewer, trash andutility costs are all paid for byThe Grove, and high-speed In-ternet is also included in eachapartment along with cable.

The kitchen comes withplenty of storage as well as afull refrigerator and dishwash-er. It provides students witha great living space, but theyalso have a lot going on eachmonth in their clubhouse.

More information aboutThe Grove can be found at go-grove.com/greeley or by call-ing (970) 330-4337.

Colleen Allison | The MirrorThe Grove, located just south of campus, not only features extensive parking for all of its residents, but it also allows students to live there on independent leases, meaning one can move out or terminate the lease without the other roommate agreeing to do the same.

Colleen Allison | The MirrorThe Grove’s clubhouse is just one amenity one can look forward to af-ter signing a lease. Also included in the complex are a beach volleyball court, coff ee bistro, computer lab and hot tubs.

“We would ideally like to have all stu-dents sign a lease by mid-July. The longer students wait, the higher the rates get. “

-Schermisia Chambers, leasing and sales mar-keting manager at The

Grove


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University owned housing a popular choiceSarah Moe [email protected]

Students entering their sophomore year or higher have the unique opportunity to look into university owned living options as an alternative to a campus residence hall.

These campus housing options are not the students ̓average rooms but arenʼt completely separate from the university either.

Some of the properties in-clude the University Apart-ments, three blocks east of central campus; Arlington Park Apartments, one block from west campus; and the university houses.

There are six university-owned houses, which accom-modate between fi ve and 11 students and all of them are close to campus.

University Apartments of-fer students 98 two-bedroom units. They offer academic-year, 12-month and month-to-month contracts and are equipped with furnished or unfurnished apartments. De-pending on which option stu-dents choose, the rent ranges from $325 and $402.

Non-students are not per-mitted to live at university apartments, but among stu-dents there is a mix of tradi-tional, non-traditional, gradu-ate and families living there

as well. Move-in is Aug. 22 for students who sign an aca-demic year contract, but this is variable for 12-month and month-to-month contracts.

“University owned housing is affordable and combines the comfort of being part of the university with the freedom that comes with independent living,” said Alexis Eliades, manager of University Apart-ments and Houses.

Many of the properties are fl exible with students ̓ rent payments, as much of it might be coming from fi nancial aid.

“Your fi nancial aid can be applied to rent and you can opt to be billed monthly or semes-terly,” Eliades said.

The major differences be-tween residence halls and Uni-versity Apartments are the four Community Assistants (CAs) rather than Resident Assis-tants (RAs) on every fl oor and the fact that the desk is open

only during the day rather than 24 hours.

Students who wish to move into University Apartments for the next school year should ap-ply as soon as possible, because there is already a waiting list.

The University Houses are furnished and have kitchens and dining areas. Students who live in them must be upper-classmen, meaning they must be at least 20 years of age or have at least 20 credit hours. The houses are more closely associated with residence hall living.

Arlington Park Apartments have 394 beds available. The rooms come with a combi-nation of two-bedroom and one-bathroom options, four-bedroom and two-bathroom spaces and two-bedroom and two-bathroom possibilities. The rent is between $484 and $514 and apartments can come furnished. Only students are allowed to live at Arlington Park, and no children or pets are allowed. Move-in for fall semester is Aug. 22, and leas-ing is going on now.

Community manager The-resa Gould said Arlington Park provides students with an opportunity for students to live on their own but still have help available to them.

“Itʼs kind of between liv-ing in a dorm and living in acomplex where everyone isnʼta student,” Gould said, “Dormlife is a little more restrictive.We treat you more like anadult here.”

The biggest advantage ofliving at Arlington Park is thelocation, only one block fromthe University Center. Otherperks include the ability tocontact UNC Police, staff tohelp students with their needsand CAs in every building.

Junior Jessica Chriss, a CA at Arlington Park, said peo-ple in her position and RAsare similar; both are there tohelp residents and host regu-lar events to allow studentsto meet others in their livingcommunity.

“Weʼre less hands-on withthe residents than RAs,”Chriss said. “Weʼre here if youneed us, but weʼre not alwaysat your doors.”

Students who wish to livein university owned hous-ing next school year shouldact soon. More informationabout University Apartmentsand University Houses can befound at unco.edu/housing inthe places section. More in-formation on Arlington ParkApartments can be found atarlingtonparkunc.com.

“University owned housing is affordable and combines the comfort of being part of the university with the freedom that comes with independent living. “

-Alexis Eliades, manager of Univer-

sity Apartments and Houses

Colleen Allison | The MirrorAt Arlington Park, rooms can come furnished with the essentials one needs to live comfortably so that after moving in, they can be deco-rated to fi t that resident’s personality and tastes.

Colleen Allison | The MirrorThough not a residence hall, Arlington Park is still conveniently close to campus. Consisting of six buildings located between 23rd and 24th Streets and 9th and 10th Avenues, Arlington off ers separation from the main campus without making it feel too detached.


UNC or Aims student only • One block from UNC campus • Flexible andindividual leases • Washer and dryer • Air-conditioning • Includes all utilitiesexcept electric • Fitness center • Computer lab • Gaming lounge with large

screen TV • Free wireless • Fall rates start as low as $484 per month per person*

Arlington Park offers everything students need to have the ultimate college experience. Live, work and play at your home away from home. Enjoy Arlington

Park Student Apartments, a housing community providing social events, gatherings, and campus convenience. Our student friendly staff is waiting to

assist you with all of your housing needs.

Contact Arlington Park Apartments at 970-356-7275.Arlington Park Student Apartments | 2315 9th Avenue | Greeley, CO 80631

www.arlingtonparkunc.com

* Rates are subject to change.


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