When I first came to campus, it was meant to be this beautiful place with good food, and I was excited to be here.
Now that I’m concluding my second year, I feel like the campus doesn’t focus on being a place for students and instead puts on a show for incoming tours and orientation groups.
Freshmen are the primary residents North Hall and its modern, air-conditioned rooms. Those who continue at Ferris live in the older, outdated halls or find off-campus housing.
It’s not that I think that the dorm rooms on campus are bad, but I believe that Ferris should try and make it worthwhile for those who remain on campus. And some dorms are much older than North Hall.
This, of course, doesn’t just include the dorm rooms. The food made on campus is always the best during tours and recruitment days. Shouldn’t it be food that is always the best, considering that we, on campus, are paying for it?
There’s also the issue of how space is used on campus. The number of different statues that I pass anytime I walk to class is at least three. Meanwhile, there are only a few tables on either side of campus, alongside some benches for students to use. These tables, have the chairs attached to them as well, meaning registered student organizations want to set up a table outside, then they must find their own.
If Ferris could spend a little bit of money they have and put it towards investing in the students here, I feel like they would also help recruit new students, too.
Even something as simple as more seating around campus would be beneficial, as I could hang out with my friends easily. There are some areas where random statues on campus would be perfect spots for Ferris to set up benches, tables or just something to build connections with other students.
If you want something statue-like on campus, why not add a fountain? It would not only be visually appealing, but it would attract new students, allow current students to relive their childhood of throwing in a coin occasionally and let that flame of hope and wishing to linger inside them once more.
Campus isn’t terrible, but there are aspects of it that make it feel geared toward the incoming and potential students. Leaving those of us who are current students grasping for confirmation that we are also valued on campus.
C.E. C.F./RS / AM