re: Question for the RB regarding the East & West Campus Apartments

My cousin Josh Gray has an off campus apartment. They get stipends to have money to live off campus.

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Sterling Burbank is brand new also and it has a freaking LAZY RIVER that runs through the property.

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Yeah, that place looks awesome as well...

Demand for on-campus housing has increased every year. Last year was the first year LSU didn't have to turn anyone away, and they did that by reopening Kirby Smith.

I expect there will always be a demand for on-campus housing. Especially if the dorms are like these...

Human Sciences & Education Residential College

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The College of Human Sciences & Education Residential College (HSERC) is sponsored by the College of Human Sciences & Education (CHSE) and will open fall 2015 in the brand new Cypress Hall. The community will offer an educational and social community for the broad spectrum of majors within CHSE, including tomorrow’s researchers, social workers, counselors, teachers and principals, librarians, archivists, physical and human movement scientists, doctors, occupational and physical therapists, physician assistants, dentists, athletic trainers, sports administrators, higher education professionals, and human resource professionals.

The program is open to first-year students majoring in the college’s School of Education, School of Kinesiology, and School of Social Work. Additional majors eligible to live in Cypress Hall include Allied Health majors of Pre-physician Assistant, Pre-Physical Therapy, Pre-Occupational Therapy, Pre-Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Pre-Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Medical Technologists), Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Nursing, and Pre-Dental Hygiene.

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LSU

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Cypress Hall is the newest addition to the housing inventory at LSU. Two years in the making, the opening of Cyress Hall in fall 2015 is exciting for students and housing staff alike. The building will be the first LEED-certified residence hall on campus, and will feature four-story towers for 330 student rooms. The ground floor will be an open area with classrooms, offices, kitchens, laundry facilities, front desk, and other amenities for residents.

Located on the west side of campus by The Enchanted Forest, Cypress Hall offers residents easy access to The 5 dining hall, The Quad, Middleton Library, and the Greek Amphitheater. Cypress Hall is a leader in energy-efficiency as a LEED-certified building with indoor-outdoor learning spaces, storm water recovery systems, interior bike storage rooms, energy-efficient mechanical systems, sustainable finishes, and solar demonstration systems.

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Features

Co-ed res hall with 330 beds
Floors are either all male or all female floors with restricted card access
Two-student rooms with suite-style bathrooms
Sink in each room
Loftable style of beds, two-part desk, desk chair, chest of drawers, and moveable wardrobe included in room
Loftable beds can be adjusted in height with up to 57? between floor & bed frame
Energy efficient windows with blinds on windows
Central air conditioning system with individual room controls
Wireless connectivity throughout complex included in rent, as is wired internet connection and cable TV in rooms
Coin and Tiger Card operated laundry
Full kitchen with ice machine and vending options open 24/7 for residents
Computer lab
Study rooms
Large outdoor courtyards and patios
24-hour front desk
Located on the west side of campus near athletic venues, Middleton Library, The 5 dining hall and more
ADA compliant



LSU

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wca is over 10 years old and until recently is on the shite end of campus next to bad run down area. LSU should do better. but slowly they are building that area up.

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It's funny you saying this, as The Daily Reveille just published an article about that....

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Opinion: Luxury apartments too extravagant for students



In December of 2013, Landmark Properties, a top, privately held developer of student housing, began construction for an off-campus community called The Standard at Baton Rouge.

“It’s very rare to be able to develop almost five acres literally adjacent to a major university like this,” said Landmark President and CEO Wes Rogers in a 2013 news release. “We are excited to pair with Harrison Street to bring our ‘Standard’ branded housing to the students of Louisiana State University.”

The “standard” at The Standard is one ideal for the more fortunate students. Here I was, thinking the living essentials of a college-goer were ramen, Red Bull and Wi-Fi. It seems I was wrong.

The essentials are actually a roof-top pool overlooking Tiger Stadium, a PGA-quality golf simulator and top-notch fitness facilities.

This is on top of other future developments that promise lazy rivers and tanning beds. (The Venue, The Exchange, Sterling Burbank, etc.)

Landmark Properties describes the future establishment as unparalleled. The Standard at Baton Rouge will feature 847 beds in a range of 1 to 5 bedroom floor plans with luxury finishes like granite countertops, hardwood-style flooring, stainless steel appliances and higher-end features not often found in conventional college housing.

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LSUreveille.com

That area of campus is just blowing up with luxury apartment developments.



The Standard



Sterling Burbank



The Venue



The Exchange

The ghetto is going away!

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The housing apartments around campus are ridiculously nice now.

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And I agree, see my post above yours!

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That's not how it works

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Unless something changed recently, all dormitories must have at least one non-athlete per athlete. Here's all I could find from LSU...

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Louisiana State University offers a variety of residence halls. Most scholarship student-athletes reside in either East Campus or West Campus apartments. Coaches are allocated a certain number of spots in each facility and provide room assignments for all student-athletes who will be housed in residence hall space in the Fall.

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LSUsports

You seem to be under the impression that more than 49% of any dorm on any campus can be athletes.

49% is the max for athletes in any one dorm. For every athlete in a dorm, there has to be a non-athlete. Athletes can't have any amenities not available to the general student population.

I don't make up these rules. It's been like that since 1996.

Period.

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Let's say LSU has 500 athletes total. They could all live in that unit and still be well below the max of 49% if the other 75% were non athletes.

Seems fairly intuitive to me.

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The rule is literally at least one non-athlete per athlete per dorm.

I don't know how to say it any simpler. And given that the dorms we're discussing on the LSU campus are all well below your arbitrary 2,000 figure, that's the rule that applies.

AFAIK the biggest dorm on the LSU campus has 330 beds. There are over 450 LSU student-athletes on campus atm.

I get what you're saying. I do. I just don't understand why you feel the need to say it.

The situation at LSU seems to be that ECA and WCA are the default athletic dorms at LSU. I posted a link from LSU sports that confirms that.

Other posters in this thread have suggested that LSU athletes, particularly football players, have a want to live off campus and LSU seems to be allowing them to do so.

This thread's premise was the ECA and WCA might constitute a recruiting advantage. What unfolded was the any recruiting advantage would be more about the much nicer apartments right off campus.