As a new school year approaches, Quinnipiac Admissions officials are working to prepare housing accommodations for the incoming freshman class. As part of their ongoing dedication to the prospective students, renovations and furnishings have begun in the Irmagarde residence hall to accommodate some two hundred Freshman underneath the floorboards.
The announcement was made one month after the outcry amongst the current Freshmen on campus regarding the apparent lack of housing, as three hundred are currently listed under my housing as having their residence halls being “cardboard boxes on Bobcat Way.”
“We’re constantly getting recommendations and suggestions as to how we can make the home away from home a more comfortable place,” said spokesman Arnold Troy of the Admissions staff. “We’re always trying to keep up with the demands that constitute a growing campus community and an ever-changing environment. We feel with this newest addition to the Irmagarde residence halls, we’re making a statement as to just how much we care about our students and residents here at Quinnipiac.”
In a tour of Irmagarde under its renovation process exclusive to Barnacle Staff, Troy painted a picture for how the entire scheme would play out in the end: “Currently we’re working on installing the new rooms underneath the current ones, so as to make efficient use of the space we have available to us. If you look over here, [at a section of walling between the doors to two rooms,] a little hatch will be placed on the floor right here for easy access for all the students to move in and out easily. You can have visitors down there if you want, and we’re even putting a bulletin board on the hatch that you can decorate if you want.”
The students in question have thus far had mixed reactions about the recent renovations. An incoming freshman named June Marie, is remarked as saying “Sure, we’ll have to squirm around twenty four-seven, and I’m pretty sure I’ll get cancer from the asbestos, but at least it’s cool enough in here.”
Other students, such as Augustus Johnson, have pointed out obvious flaws in the design. “The constricted space and rooming accommodations makes privacy impossible, let alone the fact that four kids are bing shoved with only a foot and a half of vertical clearance. Where are they gonna go if I have a girl over?”
Additional problems include the lack of any electrical outlets or lights, and inferior connection to Bobcat Net, the latter of which has a majority of prospective students up in arms. However, out of the 1,200 students surveyed out of the class of 2020, a common conclusion was reached: it’s still not as bad as Commons.