Tag: housing

  • Admitted Student Questions: Housing

    Admitted Student Questions: Housing

    Moving to college to live on campus is a great decision. It connects you to your university, encourages involvement and helps support your academic success (not to mention being affordable and convenient!) But for many, this will be the first time living away from home. It’s a big step and it can be intimidating. We…

  • Living On-Campus at Portland State

    Living On-Campus at Portland State

    As a parent of a college student, I know firsthand that affordability is important to our students and families. Ondine, home to University Success and Victor’s Dining Hall, is one of our most affordable options on campus.  First year students live on their own floors of the building in units with private bathrooms.  Most first…

  • A purr-fect match: Tips for student pet-owners

    By: Brooke Horn When I moved here, I couldn’t bring Bandit with me. I knew that a 400sqft studio in the city is no place for an energetic Black Lab, and that I would be able to adopt after the move. Bandit was more than happy to stay home with family and escape the traumatic experience of…

  • Tips for Living in the Dorms

    Tips for Living in the Dorms

    By: Amanda Katz and Marilynn Sandoval Ahh at last, the time when every incoming freshman student counts the days until they move out of their parents’ home and into a college dorm. Keeping in touch with their future roommates, who may be from other states and countries. Trying to figure out who will bring what…

  • Call Campus Security? Maybe not.

    Call Campus Security? Maybe not.

    Over Christmas, as I returned to my car at 2 a.m., I was approached by four muscular campus security officers, in three patrol cars. It was a little scary. Someone had called in a complaint about a man “trying to break into the library, wearing a hoody.”  I had returned some books to the Millar Library dropbox,…

  • Cupcake Fiasco

    Isn’t that cupcake beautiful? It only took two trips to the store and three different people’s kitchenware to produce. When making a box cake mix takes this much effort, it’s extremely obvious that this is my first month having a kitchen. It’s my first time living away from home, and my kitchen is not that…

  • Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail

    A few weeks back, I was low on money and had to budget in order to eat at least once a day. Fortunately, I was helped out by my girlfriend, who kept me alive by buying me meals. I am truly grateful to her for taking care of me. As a student, I have many…

  • Living in University Pointe

    It is that time of year, again. A new school year, new classes, and for me, a new place to live. University Pointe, the new on-campus 16-floor apartment building, is finally open for lease to all students this fall. The apartments definitely surpassed my expectations of a typical apartment. My roommates and I chose the…

  • A Night in the Life of a Resident Assistant

    It’s 10 p.m. on a school night. Most of you will probably be home, studying, or finishing a night with friends, but for a few students on campus, their night is just beginning. These students are on-call Resident Assistants (R.As). Do, beep, do, beep, do, do, do….The phone is ringing and I’ve just begun my…