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On-Campus vs. Off-Campus
By: Addison Dent
Students face a tough decision after they finish their compulsory freshman year in the dorms: To stay on-campus or move off-campus?
While most people choose off-campus living, some students like sophomore Natalia Vera choose to stay.
“I do like living on campus. It’s close to all my classes and I work on campus so it’s really convenient for when I need to go to work. I can just walk across the grove and I’m at work.”
She says that there are negative aspects as well though.
“Sometimes I wish I lived off-campus because I like to be by myself and have my own space. Sometimes it feels cramped in here.”
Others like junior Ben Bates made the switch to off-campus living and haven’t looked back.
“When you are on campus you study, when you’re done studying I come home and relax. So there is a separation of your educational place and where you can relax and just chill with friends.”
Bates says that other than the occasional transportation issue, there is not much to miss about on-campus living.
“There is more of a social environment [in the dorms], there is more people around you, but when you are off campus you are with the people you want to hang out with anyway, you are with your best friends so it’s not a problem.”
For many students the choice comes down to a pros and cons list. Students like the proximity to their classes and social environment of the dorms, but don’t like the lack of freedoms and visitation rules.
Off-campus students like their spacey apartments and freedoms but at times hate the commute. In the end, students must pick what is most important to them and decide what they are willing to live with and live without.
Can You ‘Stump the Schwab’
In late October, Phi Mu held their first annual sports trivia night at Powerhouse, hosted by ESPN’S Howie Schwab, benefitting Children’s Miracle Network.
Every fall and spring semester, Phi Mu holds a philanthropy event. This year’s philanthropy chair, Alex Clay, wanted a new, more fun way that involved the whole community.
Clay originally had the idea of a small sports trivia tied into their usual poker tournament. However after she mentioned the idea to a friend, it turned into a much bigger production.
I spoke to my big sister in the sorority who had an internship this summer with ESPN,” Clay said. “She said she would contact Howie for some trivia questions and when he heard the idea he offered to come down and do the whole event for us.”
The event was open to teams of four players and tickets were also available at the door just to watch. There were also tickets available to enter a $1000 cash prize reverse raffle.
Clay said for the first year of the event she was pleased with the turnout. There were many male students who teamed up for the event and the winning team went on to play ‘Stump the Schwab,’ based on Schwab’s show on ESPN.
“All my guy friends were excited about it and figured it would be a lot of fun and it was really cool to have Howie Schwabb in Oxford,” said Jonathan Dean, senior geological engineering major.
“We would like to continue doing this every year and reach a higher goal every year for these children,” Clay said. “Howie mentioned it to us while he was here and he would like to continue to come down and do it every year and make it bigger and better.”
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