Proposal
Overview
In University of California, Davis, most students choose to live in the resident hall during their freshmen year. Most of the buildings are mixed one which means men and women live on the same floor together. Under my observation, some of the students would enter the wrong restroom. During my freshmen year, I lived on the female floor, but I could always see guys from other floors enter our restroom, using the restroom or taking shower. When I went to visit my friend in other resident hall, I could also see girls enter the men’s restroom. Living in the residence halls however come with a number of advantages thus universities urge students to live in the residence halls. The residence halls have internet thus students are able to use internet all day long (Smelser, 2010). Being exposed to the internet enables them socialize well and do thorough research using the internet and the library as well. In addition, residence halls have valuable experience that student would not like to miss out. Students who live in the residence halls can engage in a number of campus activities and events all day long either during the day or at night (Wald & Gohari, 2005). The Residence Life Staff come up with activities that ensure students are able to mingle and socialize well. Thus life in the residence halls is interesting therefore students should not miss out. Students are also able to form study groups together if they live in the residence halls since it is much easier compared to those who live at home.
However, there some challenges faced too when one lives in the residence halls. One is that one does not enjoy privacy since you students share rooms. The population in University of California is huge such that students end up sharing rooms (Wald & Gohari, 2005). One can share a room with a bad influence student and end up copying the behavior of the roommate. I love living in the residential halls but lack of privacy pisses me off. In addition one does not feel safe since both men and women share same buildings. Sharing the same buildings put students at rape risks unlike where men and women do not share same buildings. This is a challenge and if not well considered rape cases can arise which will hinder learning.
Problem
Restroom is a private place. Especially the restrooms are set with bathrooms. Sometimes when I took shower in the morning, I would see guy washing his hands outside. This really scared me. The problem is that restroom is no longer a private place for a single gender. In addition, you will get a roommate who you do not get along with. For instance if the roommate goes out and comes back late night and disturbs you. Some roommates use someone’s stuffs without permission meaning some roommates are not courteous. This is a problem since one needs privacy and if privacy lacks one feels uncomfortable and distracted. It becomes challenging to deal with annoying roommates who are even ready to listen to you. There is much freedom in the residence halls since one is longer restricted by the parents thus most students do crazy things instead of learning. Most students miss classes and involve themselves in unhelpful activities (Cuccaro-Alamin, 1998). Some students do not live healthy since they do not eat healthy and do exercises since they are no longer watched by parents and teachers.
There is little time management in the residential halls since time is not restricted. Students actually do whatever they want. If one wants to sleep the whole day, they do so since there are asked. Some students end up failing to attend classes at any specific day since they do not manage their time well. Many first year students waste most of their time since they want to learn new things. I did not waste time but felt bad seeing my friends’ waste time doing unhelpful activities and skiving classes. Students waste much money since they always say money is never enough. Money is big problems since students can do anything to get money even involve themselves in criminal activities just to get money.
Plan
There is a kind of machine on all the gates for resident halls. This machine requires residents swipe their Aggie cards to enter the building. I plan to set this kind of machine on each door of restrooms so that girls cannot enter men’s restroom, meanwhile, men could not enter women’s restroom as well. The residence management should ensure it comes up with strategies that will ensure the hostels remain private areas as they are supposed to be. In addition time should be managed to the students since most of the students fail to manage time and end up failing and getting stressed. Residence halls should have time limits in order to prevent some students coming late and disturbing the rest. There should be a restriction for instance the closing time should be around 10PM. This will ensure students manage their time and deter many unhelpful activities from happening. There should be restrictions that prevent men from entering women rooms and vice versa. Students who fail to abide by the rules should be punished or expelled from the universities which can act as a good measure to ensure privacy is maintained.
The University of California should expand the residence halls so that students can longer share rooms. This will help solve the problem of annoying roommates since students’ needs privacy. I plan to present my proposal to the residence halls management team so that privacy can be maintained in the residence halls. Everybody would enjoy living in an area that allows privacy since one feels safe. I plan to push the management team to come up with strategies that will ensure students live healthy. For instance, the students should have specific days for sport activities thus they can exercise. Most of the students in campus do not get involved in the sport activities since they are so much into other activities that are not helpful. Residence halls are important thus should be treated as important unlike how they are treated now. I plan to push for better services in the residence halls since most students are not happy with the current services especially where they are deprived of privacy and safety.
Personnel
Student Housing Jenni Porter, Sustainability CoordinatorThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
160 Student Housing
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
(530)752-2033
This kind of machine could swipe our Aggie card and only costs $14.99 each. There are three living areas in UC Davis.
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# of restrooms |
Cost |
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Segundo |
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Alder Hall |
No need |
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Bixby Hall |
8 |
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Gilmore Hall |
8 |
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Malcolm Hall |
8 |
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Miller Hall |
No need |
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Regan Hall |
30 |
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Ryerson Hall |
8 |
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Thompson Hall |
No need |
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Tercero |
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Campbell Hall |
No need |
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Cottonwood Hall |
No need |
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Currant Hall |
No need |
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Hawthorn Hall |
No need |
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Kearney Hall |
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Laben Hall |
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Live Oak Hall |
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Madrone Hall |
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Mahogany Hall |
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Pine Hall |
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Potter Hall |
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Redwood Hall |
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Scrub Oak Hall |
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Sequoia Hall |
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Wall Hall |
No need |
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Cuarto |
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Emerson Hall |
No need |
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Thoreau Hall |
No need |
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Webster Hall |
No need |
Total XXXX XXXXXXXXXXX
*No need means rooms are in suits with all same gender.
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References
Cuccaro-Alamin, S. (1998). New face of the university of california: Undergraduate admissions in the. Place of publication not identified: Diane Pub Co.
Smelser, N. J. (2010). Reflections on the University of California: From the free speech movement to the global university. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Wald, C., & Gohari, O. (2005). University of California, Riverside: Riverside, California. Pittsburgh, Pa: College Prowler.
