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Overcrowding: Not an Issue
By Greg Besso
On September 23, 2011
Even if housing this year's freshman class was tight, it has been pulled off.
The second-largest class in Lyndon State history is now in its freshman year. Concerns about housing arose earlier on before the year. However, those were unfounded by Jonathan Davis, Associate Dean of Student Affairs. The Department of Student Life "was very up-front…in saying that we're out of space in the residence halls," said Davis. Students were also told that they "could get on a waiting list if they need housing or they could commute from home," Davis further said.
Other colleges would make "forced triples and quadruples." However, at Lyndon, this never happened. "For us, there really wasn't any overcrowding in terms of what you would normally define as overcrowding, like students camped out in the lounge," Davis said further.
Residence Hall Director Erin Rossetti agrees. "We have a pretty solid capacity as to the number of students that we can put into residence halls. We didn't add any extra students to rooms…and we didn't have any students in lounges, as some schools might," she said. But it was close. "On check-in day, we were at capacity…we wouldn't put extra people in triples to make them quads or anything like that," Rossetti further said.
This is also not the first time concerns arose. "I remember in my freshman year…I remember people being put up at the Colonnade Inn," said Lyndon student Brittany Lavery. "I saw freshmen living in Rita Bole last year, which certainly isn't common."
The residence halls are at capacity, and nobody's overcrowded. Therefore, there is no cause for concern.
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