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Eight Thompson Point halls still waiting for new furniture

"It's kind of a pain. My dresser drawers don't shut all the way, and my desk doesn't have any drawers at all."- Nicole Smoucha, sophomore in music business on the 30-year-old furniture at Thompson Point

Students living in eight of Thompson Point's 11 residence halls are waiting for their 30-year-old furniture to be replaced.

The residents have yet to receive the new dressers and desks the rest of the on-campus student population have being provided with, but these students living in Thompson Point were given new beds, costing $270,000 in total, in the summer of 2004.

In addition to the furniture the other halls need, the recently purchased University Hall, has also not received new beds.

Crystal Bouhl, University Housing coordinator for marketing and public information, said the furniture replacement project should continue during the summer of 2005 or possibly 2006, depending on available funds.

Bouhl said the existing furniture in Thompson Point was provided to the buildings when they were constructed approximately 30 years ago.

University Housing does not receive funding from different organizations or the state.

Money to purchase the furniture for the residence halls comes from the University Housing reserve fund, which comes from student fees.

Glenn Stine, associate director of Housing-facilities, said he would like to get the new furniture into the residence halls as soon as the funds become available.

Located in University Park, on the east side of campus, Allen, Boomer and Wright were the first buildings to receive the new furniture. Stine said this was because they were the hardest halls to rent out to students.

The residence halls at Thompson Point, including Brown, Steagall and Bowyer, received new furniture costing more than $340,000 in the summer of 2003.

Nicole Smoucha, a sophomore in music business, lived with the new furnishings in Boomer Hall last year and said she was happy with the arrangement. Smoucha now resides in Kellogg Hall and said the old furniture in her room was unattractive and sometimes not practical.

"I think it's time for some new furniture," Smoucha said. "It's kind of a pain. My dresser drawers don't shut all the way, and my desk doesn't have any drawers at all."

Other students in Kellogg did not share the same view as Smoucha.

Allison Niendiek, a freshman in business marketing, said she has not experienced any problems with her furniture.

"My furniture works fine for me," Niendiek said. "But I know other people including my roommate who are annoyed with it."

Bouhl said University Housing hopes to have all of the resident halls with new furnishings by the summer of 2006.

Suggestions for University Housing can be made at www.housing.siu.edu.

 

 

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