Either way, they are eager to get out of there. Perhaps, delayed a bit but eager. That is why the system schools could work for them to finish their basics and transfer in later while having students who want to be on campus there. My opinion.
The thing is, even the students living in the dorms donât stay out, because the issue is the campus, not the students. As it stands, theyâre basically just commuters with a really short commute, since you have to get in your car to go anywhere fun anyway.
Letâs see what happens after the new dorm and 100 yr plan is done for the campus then judge.
It will get better
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The fun thing is that if youâre always building a new dorm, you can always say this.
So, what do you suggest that they do to improve the campus? Put more restaurants? Or should they move the campus elsewhere?
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As someone who had to commute for my entire undergrad: also no!
Being commuter friendly means not icing out those who choose to live at home while coming to experience campus. Some already felt like that was happening at Cage Rage last week when there was no backpack check in.
You can add all the dorms and fun stuff you want. But we still have 49% of our students living IN Houston. Donât ice them out if they (or their families) donât want to spend money that they donât have to.
A lot of commuters stay on campus as much as they can, some even waiting for athletic events or other ones like InfraRED / Shastaâs Night Out / Nights at Rooftop (back when that existed).
If those want to go straight home, they probably have something to do that doesnât involve anything with UH. I like to call that having a life.
They said this about when the new Quad was up (though this was during COVID). Or when Fertitta went up, or TDECU (both of these during the golden era). Or the B12 entry. But then the schools/ADs change things up and it creates inconsistency. Basketball is the only thing trying to keep it when it comes to the student section through their ambassador programs
Big12 AD, not a Big12 school.
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Most commuters are getting off campus as soon as their classes are done to get to their waitressing, barista, grocery store, clerical, or gofer for the trades jobâŠand then head home, whether to off-campus housing, or to their parents.
They have little desire or need for a campus given how much of a hurry most of them are to get off campus and not be involved in any aspect of campus life.
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I still read a bunch of non sense posts.
Some of you compare U of H to uta and atm.
Do you even realize what $Bâs can contribute to a university?
Some of you obviously do not understand basic conditions.
College Station is a town that would not exist without atm.
uta exists because of the PUF. Without the PUF where would uta be today?
Thatâs why they can go to the system schools to come and go from campus. And then if they want to go to games, they could do that at too. Meanwhile, they should make a concerted effort to attract students from around the state and even outside the state. Students who will be a part of campus.
Except thatâs exclusionary. The system campuses might not have majors that are ranked, desired, or contain the network that main campus has.
I know some students at âtraditionalâ campuses that either commute or live on campus but donât give a rats booty about the campus life. Some even refused to engage in stuff like Campus Sports (until they went to one game then loved it lol).
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So, then, remain a commuter school and change nothing. Also, complain about beautifying the campus and progressing the sports programs in the Big 12. This is exhausting.
Glad you asked!
- More high-quality study spaces, especially for group study. At a lot of large schools, nearly every building has a suitable study area, because thatâs the one thing that every student on campus has to do. The ones at UH sort of suck. In general, studying at home (whether home be your parentsâ house, the apartment you share with a couple roommates, or a dorm) should never ever be easier than it is at UH. MD Anderson Library is the best place we have for this, and itâs not great.
- More on-campus events and better-funded student groups. Students (both commuter and residential!) should never feel compelled to go home earlier than they have to. Thereâs a reason that /r/universityofhouston had to sticky a thread for people who are struggling to find friends, and UIC and GaState and FIU (All of which are commuter schools!) do not have the same need. Make it easier to meet people in general!
- Yes, we do need better dining and entertainment options, but those are also relatively low-priority. At the very least the school should charge less rent so that the storefronts we already have can stay open.
Isnât that what the construction is for? To improve areas on campus for students? And, sure, I agrew on improving events and such but still, commuters have a mindset to get going regardless. What kind of events are you necessarily proposing?
Allegedly, but most of it hasnât been effective. There are a couple of gems in there (the Legacy Lounge in the Student Center is decent, not quite good but serviceable) but most of the design has been lacking in a way that makes UH feel like an office park.
Iâm probably too out of touch to speak on this; I assume the SGA members that wanted to spend more money on events and less on Athletics had some stuff in mind, though.
I mean, yeah. Being a commuter does ultimately mean you have to go home at some point. But that doesnât mean you canât participate in campus life and events while you are at school, and thatâs what a lot of the older gentlemen in this thread are missing.
Some commuters work, some donât. The ones that do, donât necessarily work everyday. Some donât live too far, some do. There are so many different situations for all of them that itâs really impossible to generalize.
If the events are there, the students will come. If the football team is winning, they will fill the stadium. The solutions here arenât complex. This thread, for the most part, is ridiculous.
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Yeah, we have a substantial population of âtraditional commutersâ â students younger than 24 that donât live on campus. A lot of these only choose not to live on campus out of preference; either they donât see the value in dropping a yearâs worth of car notes on 9 months of a shared bedroom when they can live at home or they come from a family-oriented culture such that home is where they feel safe and comfortable. They are in every other way like the students living on campus, and largely have the same wants and needs when it comes to everything except housing/parking.
So, yeah, essentially, the same criticisms about UH from forever when, as a commuter, degree factory, should remain with the school. Go Coogs.
How are you getting that from that
I meant to respond to one above you. That essentially said that how the school has been should stay that way. Thatâs fine.
I said no such thing. Your reading comprehension is lacking. Par for the course for this thread.
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