Royal Purple

Issue date: 11/7/07 Section: News

On-campus housing for holiday breaks is no longer available because of residence hall room shortages, according to a Sept. 12 e-mail to international students from Linda Eshelman, assistant director for International Student Services.

Previously, on-campus housing was available over breaks for an additional cost. The housing was used by some international students.

"When they took White Hall out for administrative purposes … we had to make Goodhue, which is where our guest housing was, into student rooms," Frank Bartlett, associate director for university housing, said. "We have no break housing available."

There are 52 international students currently living in the residence halls, Eshelman said.

"In the end, there are usually two or three students who live on campus during the breaks anyway … from what I've heard," Eshelman said.

The Office of Residence Life's Web site still said the rooms are available as of Tuesday.

"Students may need accommodations during academic break periods and observed holidays," the Web site said. "Residence hall rooms are available during these times at an additional cost. "

Boureima Timbo, a freshman international student from Mali, Africa, was one of the students planning on living in the residence halls over breaks.

"It's not easy to get one months rent in Whitewater," Timbo said. "I just can't understand why they can't have one dorm open."

Timbo said when he was signing his residence hall contract, he was told about the availability of housing during breaks, which was a deciding factor in his living situation.

"If I had been told this before I signed the contract, I would have looked into something else," Timbo said.

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