With everything that college life has to offer, students spend most of their time on campus, which allows them to get to know the area around them and form their own likes and dislikes.
As students progress in their college careers, they can discover which places on campus they like to go the most. Since Ferris is not the largest college campus, students can navigate most of it by walking.
Communications sophomore Marryn Sorus is a fan of how the campus is laid out.
“I like how the campus is set up,” Sorus said. “I really like the David Eisler Center. It’s a great place to study and hang out with friends. I also really like how convenient the campus is to where everyone can walk where they need to go.”
While some aspects of the college campus are convenient, every campus has its own issues. Sorus mentioned one of her dislikes that can potentially be an issue for all students.
“I really don’t like the parking situations,” Sorus said. “I feel like it’s really annoying that we can’t park in the commuter lots. And the commuter lots aren’t even placed that well. One thing I don’t like is that I live in Henderson Hall and our parking lot is far away, but we have a commuter lot that’s close by that’s only for commuters. The parking is just very weird to me and I don’t like it.”
Living on campus, students have opportunities to keep themselves active and to find things that they enjoy doing.
Computer science freshman Brody Burton has done various types of activities to keep himself active, and is appreciative of the level of activity the campus has to offer.
“I like how much activity there is to do here,” Burton said. “The Rankin Center you can go into for free. There’s also disc golf in which people can play. There’s outside trails that you can go and run. I like how there’s a lot of things you can keep busy with.”
In contrast, Burton mentioned some of the things he disliked about what the campus has to offer. He brought up things that he found unimproved or things that don’t make sense.
“In the state of things to do, I wish the pool were open longer because the pool hours are horrible,” Burton said. “The Quad closing on the weekend really sucks for some of my friends, and it also sucks that it closes a whole hour earlier compared to the Rock. Now that it is winter, the sidewalks are hit or miss. They’ll either be all ice and all slush, or they’ll be clear.”
Some students don’t have specific things that they like or dislike about campus. But instead of various factors that impact the way they view campus life.
Design freshman Garrison Babcock finds the overall community to be one of the best aspects of campus.
“I like how open and inviting the campus is,” Babcock said. “Coming here for the first time, I was greeted with smiles and invitations to so many RSOs. I really enjoy how things are laid out and the overall involvement students have on campus.”
When talking about dislikes, Babcock is hoping for more variety when it comes to food.
“I wish there were more of a variety at the Rock,” Babcock said. “I wish we had more international dishes instead of American spin-offs of the dish. More options and healthy protein-heavy foods would be amazing.”
While life on campus is never going to be perfect, all recommendations to adjust campus can be taken into account. Everything about campus is never going to 100% satisfy every student. But with not everything being perfect, students can use what they like about campus to find more joy during their college careers.