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Residential Life begins the removal of Pierce Village
by Alycia Brandt
Exchange Staff
Starting this year, Residential Life has decided to pursue the slow removal of Pierce Village.
Pierce Village, also known as the trailers, was placed on campus for use as temporary housing in 1998; the same year Cheshire was built.
After housing sign-ups last year, three of the trailers were left vacant. As a result of this, those three trailers were removed not only because of their lack of residents but also because of the cost to run each unit.
"The trailers are very much outdated. We would love to remove them all, however; we need to pay close attention to the housing enrollment. As of right now we are only going to reduce the amount of trailers available. Eventually it will lead to the complete removal of Pierce Village but that might not occur within the next year as many students have heard," said Director of Residential Life Kenneth Ervin.
Once Pierce Village is
completely removed many have wondered what will become of the vacant lot. As
of right now it is hard to determine whether the housing enrollment will
increase or decrease. Depending on those numbers Franklin Pierce may or may
not need to build a new dorm building.
"The last thing we need is to build a dorm building and
have it be half empty. That would be far too expensive and a financial
burden to this University. In addition, the current economy does not help
our decision. We need to consider the best thing for the students because we
do not want to add a building and subsequently have tuition sky rocket,"
said Ervin.
Students have mixed feelings regarding the trailers. "I
think it is unfortunate that the trailers have to be removed. I loved living
there and would do it again if I could. They really are a lot of fun and add
a different edge to this campus," said Frankie Martino, sophomore and former
trailer one resident. (Editors' note: Martino is featured in another
article this week.)
"The trailers are really dingy, dirty and out dated. I
personally would never want to live there. So I think getting rid of them is
a good idea," said junior Catalina Reed.
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