By Amber Plumer
Some students may be wondering: How is life in the new Milligan Village? With one semester under their belts, Village residents spoke about the pros and cons of Milligan’s premiere apartments.
“I love being able to have more food choices and not have to go to the cafeteria for every meal,” said senior Megan Gaspardo of Wiggington Hall. “I also really enjoy having my own room… The one downside to living in the Village is the longer walk to all my classes in Derthick. But it is a small price to pay.”
Senior Lindsey Campbell, another Wiggington resident enjoys the communal aspect within each apartment.
“I like having 4 suitemates,” she said. “We love to take advantage of the balcony, study room and common area outside to study or hang out.”
But Campbell mentioned that though there is more space, you still have to be quiet and courteous.
“The only problem is the common room echoes,” she said. “You still have to be extra quiet if your suitemates are asleep, just like in any other dorm.”
Senior resident of Pardee Hall, Matt Rees has trouble with the key scanners most of all.
“The disadvantages primarily revolve around security and the open dorm rules,” he said. “Using ID key cards to open the doors would seemingly be nicer than regular keys, but that’s not true. The scanners still have glitches and have forgotten how to unlock on several occasions.”
“Another downside is we don’t have a lobby. We have to walk down to open the building for guests of the same gender outside the dorms, as no one else has a key card that can unlock the door,” said Rees. “This also applies to the community room. In order for any men to use the community room requires us to travel through the women’s dorm, thus completely undoing the purpose of the outside locks on all the other buildings, and preventing any non-Villagers from using the room. These security features strangle the community aspect quite heavily.”
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