One of the things I regret missing out on is the campus experience. I started college at IPFW, continuing to live with my parents. After military service, I finished at Ball State, commuting from Marion, where I lived with my in-laws. So when people talk about dorm parties and all-night study sessions and getting together for pizza after the football game, all I can relate it to is sharing barracks with 30 or more other soldiers, not nearly (I suspect) the same experience. So, while, some people seem upset with this situation,
Dozens of Indiana University students who've been living for two weeks in dormitory lounges due to a campus housing shortage may have to get used to the space.
IU's Residential Programs and Services has notified some of the 60 or so students housed in the lounges that they might not get a permanent room for up to a month later than was originally projected, said Pat Connor, executive director of RPS.
I think its something the kids will look back on as one of the adventures of their college experience. No privacy for a few weeks? People tramping through your sleeping area all the time? Makeshift beds? They'll be telling stories about that for their whole lives.
Say, did I ever tell you about the time some Army buddies and I went to town for pizza and came across this all-night party . . . nah, you don't want to hear about that.
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When I showed up at I.U. Bloomington I was housed in the 5th floor lounge at Wilke. There were 4 of us sharing the lounge for our first couple of weeks. Those were two GREAT weeks! Didn't do much for my grades right away, but it was an experience I will always remember. It was a BLAST!!
Tim: Thanks for confirming my hunch and for reinforcing the feeling I have that there is a big, dark hole in my life that will never, ever be filled and that, no matter how desperately I try to compensate for the terrible deprivation, I will always come up short. But it's OK. Don't worry about me. I'm fine, really. Just go on with your wonderful life full of precious college memories. Honest, I'll get over it.
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