Residence Dorm Life

By Justin McDaniel | Published November 18, 2023

Being at the midway point of the semester and midterms flying by there is no better feeling for students than getting out of your last class and heading home. For students living on campus, returning home to the dorm is never a tough walk, but some students feel different than others.

“Throughout my time at Kean, I’ve lived on campus in the quads for 3 years now and I do enjoy living on campus for the most part. It feels like my home away from home even though I don’t even live that far from the university,” said Johan Civil who majors in media/film. “Living in the dorms I’ve never had a major problem only with minor fire drills in the middle of the night. I live in the quads, so our building gets more issues than the new upper or the freshman buildings, but honestly, it’s not that bad.” 

Created in the 70s Kean’s Quads residence halls are the oldest residence halls on campus.

However, being the oldest residence halls though students still live and even host events in the dorms often. 

While new upper, cougar, and freshman halls are all the newer residence halls, the quads still receive updates and get renovations often. Just this past semester the quads had brand new washing machines and new rugs installed into all of the quads. 

“I have lived on campus for a year and a few months and I enjoy living on campus, I think it’s very convenient to live near everything. And being someone that has lived in both the quads and in upper the only difference I notice are air conditioning at times and that I’m closer to the dining hall now since I live in upper now,” said Samantha Pepe a Psychology major. “ Besides that, I’ve enjoyed living in both.”

Being that we are coming on to the cold months of the year having suitable heating is very important in making sure students will be comfortable and safe. And while some students have said its been an issue some cant say the same. 

“I enjoy living on campus. Even though Kean is primarily a commuter school, I think they provide a pretty good amount of amenities and events forpeople who live here,” said David Cooper who is majoring in public relations. “I live in the quads and haven’t lived in any other dorm at Kean, but I lived in a dorm at Penn State, and there were a lot of issues. We didn’t have AC in my building, and the bathroom maintenance interrupted people’s schedules a lot. Having your bathroom is a great part of living here, and I appreciate the spaciousness of the living spaces.”

Many students when asked claimed the only real problems they come into are air conditioning. But despite that, some students still enjoy living in the residence halls quads despite those issues.

“At times the air conditioning can be bad when it’s hot out but besides that, no issues,” said Johan Civil.

Campus life while at times can be crazy residence life has proven to be great no matter which one of the 7 you choose.

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