Doyle Hall
David Scibilia/The Bona Venture
BY: ELIZABETH KAMROWSKI, NEWS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR
As students receive emails on how to pick housing for the 2024-2025 academic year, they’ll notice a new option for housing — triples.
“I wasn’t aware that Dev or Doyle rooms were even considered triple size, but after learning that, it makes a lot of sense,” said Noah Trapp, a freshman video production major. “I have a friend who is currently living in a Dev double, and I’ve always told him that his room felt huge.”
Doyle and Devereux Hall, two of Bonaventure’s residence halls, will convert some rooms into triple-style rooms due to larger class sizes.
“Devereux Hall has several rooms that have always been triple rooms but have been used as doubles in recent years when occupancy was low,” said Ursula Herz, director of residence life. “With fuller class sizes returning, those triple rooms will be assigned as triples once again.”
According to Herz, most Doyle triples will be assigned to incoming students.
“Although returners who sign up for triple room selection can pick from them, most of the Doyle triples will be used for incoming new students,” said Herz.
In the past, Devereux Hall had triple-style rooms on each floor. According to Herz, Devereux Hall had these triple-style rooms when class sizes had a larger occupancy.
The rooms that were once triples, and will be triples once again, are in the corners of Devereux Hall. In Doyle Hall, the triples will be located on the first floor.
To make the triples a comfortable fit for students, Facilities has purchased special furniture to be used.
“The beds have the option to be lofted so a desk can go under, two dresser units for each occupant that are two drawers each but can be stacked or left apart to slide under the beds,” said Herz.
Herz said that despite the extra furniture, Doyle is still more spacious than other dorms on campus.
“When we set up Doyle triples last August, there was still twice as much open floor space with three sets of furniture than would be in a Rob/Fal/Lo double room,” said Herz.
Trapp argues that being in a triple would still be too crowded.
“I would not want to live in a triple based on the size of the dorms,” said Trapp. “It may be big for two people, but with three in the room, I think it may feel crowded or less comfortable for individuals.
Jessica Wikander, a freshman strategic communication and literary publishing and editing double major, argues that the university should keep focus on its current students.
“The addition of triples mainly affects current students, not the new ones that are making this change,” said Wikander. “If there isn’t enough current housing to comfortably accommodate the incoming and current students, the university should maybe consider becoming more selective in how many new students they accept into the school.”
Wikander believes letting students move off campus at a younger age could eliminate the need for triples.
“The university could also allow juniors to move off campus instead to make more room for incoming and current students,” said Wikander.
Despite his belief that triples would not be ideal, Trapp understands why Bonaventure is moving forward with this idea.
“With larger classes coming in, I understand why the university would want to do this,” said Trapp. “I’d say I want the university to go ahead with this decision because I don’t want them to get rid of more outdoor areas on campus to make way for new dorms.”
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