SU officials to move Bradford Hall residents to Boley Hall for remainder of semester

University administrators have finally provided a solution to the uncomfortable days and restless nights that many Bradford Hall honor students have endured for approximately the last month as a result of a faulty air condition system.
“The air condition in Bradford Hall has not properly functioned for more than a month. What we have decided to do is give students an option to move to Boley Hall where we have given the rooms a facelift,” said Julie Wessinger, interim vice chancellor for Student Affairs.
Wessinger met with Bradford Hall residents in a meeting on Sept. 25 to inform them about the move to Boley Hall.
“Why should honor students have to sacrifice their place to stay in the worst place on campus,” said Marcus Baskin, a senior from Elgin, Ill.
Baskin is familiar with the living conditions of Boley, and has decided to make other arrangements for his housing.
“I can’t go back to those living conditions,” said Baksin.
Students like freshman Loreauville native Joseph Marshall, found it difficult to sleep at night because of the excessive heat.
“I woke up and my hair and shirt was soak and wet,” said Marshall
Marshall, like other Bradford Hall residents, believe the school administrators were slow to provide assistance to them as they lived without air condition, and that the move to Boley Hall is not an adequate solution. Students consider Boley an unpleasant place to live, calling it “small and nasty.”
“I don’t like it cause it throws my day off because I have to get up earlier to get used to walking from the back. I liked being up front cause it is closer to my classes,” said Marshall.
Wessinger, said that while Boley is an older dormitory, it is “habitable.” Wessinger said the university recently invested money into renovating Boley.
“We have spent thousands of dollars hiring a cleaning crew to clean Boley up. I have gone over there and know that the rooms are clean and ventilated,” said Wessinger.
Wessinger and her staff are now focused on getting students moved into Boley—a process that began last Sunday. The interim vice chancellor said the university has provided personnel and vehicles to help students move.
According to Mary Bradford, director of Bradford Hall, several personnel and agencies, including Louisiana Control and physical plant employees on campus, have inspected the air condition system in an attempt to discover the problem.
“There have been efforts,” said Bradford, who reported that there was a problem with the air condition in Bradford Hall in late August.
Wessinger said that while the problem with the air condition in Boley remains a mystery for now, she hopes it is one that will be handled before next semester.
“The next step is to overhaul the entire system, which is why we can’t allow the students to stay there—it is not a quick fix. It is our hope that before the end of the semester, we will have this air condition problem solved,” said Wessinger. “The students in Bradford are to be commended because they have been the most patient students and they have been tolerable through this process,” she added.
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