{"id":9950,"date":"2019-04-07T22:37:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T03:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=9950"},"modified":"2019-04-07T22:37:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T03:37:58","slug":"morningside-cracks-down-on-off-campus-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/9950","title":{"rendered":"Morningside Cracks Down on Off-Campus Living"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Grace Nordquist–<\/strong>When considering whether to live off campus, there are lots of things students have to keep in mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students may want the freedom, but at Morningside, it comes at a cost. For students to live off campus they are supposed to meet one of five requirements. They must either be a senior (have 91 credits), be married, have a dependent child\/children living with them, reach their 22nd<\/sup> birthday before the end of the semester, or live with a parent or guardian within 45 miles of campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a student wishes to live off\ncampus they must fill out a housing policy exemption form and receive approval\nfrom the housing committee. If the student does not fill out this form and\ntries to live off campus, they will be charged a regular double room rate. Even\nif a student is approved to live off campus, their financial award is subject\nto change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, housing has let some\nstudents live off campus if they could prove it was significantly less\nexpensive to live off campus, living on campus is a financial burden, or simply\nbecause they wanted to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As students apply for next year\u2019s\nhousing, things are a little different. Residence life has been turning away\nnearly all students who do not meet the requirements to live off campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head of residence life, Zac Pace\nsays, \u201cI don\u2019t understand the point of a policy if we don\u2019t follow it,\u201d referring\nto the off-campus policy regulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aside from the rules, Pace also says, \u201cMorningside is a residential campus.\u201d The reason residence life requires students to stay on campus is because they believe students will get the most out of their Morningside experience by doing so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pace even says living on campus based on research has proven a \u201cholistically more successful\u201d college experience for students. Perhaps living on campus does benefits student\u2019s college experience, but what if they\u2019ve lived on campus, don\u2019t care if moving could affect their experience, and are more worried about what is the most cost-effective?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pace notes that for extreme\nfinancial hardship students can apply for scholarships for on campus living. He\nalso believes Morningside costs are comparable, if not better than other\ninstitutions. Pace stressed that it\u2019s often not cheaper to live off campus,\nlike some students may think. Then, even if it is a little less expensive,\nthere\u2019s a lot of added stress with paying rent, utilities, and other fees as\nwell as commuting or additional hassles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some students experience this\nstress from living on campus anyways, so what happens if students develop\nanxiety from living on campus?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pace admits students could suffer from\nanxiety or other health problems from living on campus. When students use this\nas their exemption reason, they must fill out an application or form email,\nthen that application will be sent to the disabilities services for them to\nreview. Pace only makes the decisions on regular applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems the strict rules and denying of off-campus requests has led to students feeling the need to be dishonest when filling out their request forms. One way Pace sees this is when students say they\u2019re living with a guardian at a Sioux City address who does not actually reside there. Pace researches the addresses students list and sees if the person who they would be living with is actually a resident of the house. If they are not, then he denies the application. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason in doing this is because those people become responsible caregivers over the student. If something were to happen to them while living there, residence life wants to ensure that someone responsible would be there for them. Students who live on campus have residents and people like Pace to help. When students do try and lie Pace notes, \u201cI see through it really quickly.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to housing, Pace\u2019s\ngoal is to represent students\u2019 interests accurately, \u201cWe\u2019ll make it happen\n(living off campus) if it\u2019s in the student\u2019s best interests.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, is it up to housing and\nPace to decide what are the student\u2019s best interests, or is it the student\u2019s\ndecision? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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