Section 8 would be an option if they were taking applications, but as they currently have over 3,000 applicants waiting on housing, they are unable to offer assistance at this time.

Apparently, its has not occurred to several of you that dormitories DO NOT cater to HETEROSEXUAL couples/marriages, as they only allow SAME-SEX ROOMMATES and NO CHILDREN. And while the Grove does allow a husband and wife to live together (granted they provide a copy of the marriage certificate), they are charged $465 PER ROOM for a two bedroom apartment. I am a full time student, and I work very hard as a manager in the food service industry 30 hours a week, as this kind of jobs can cater to the flexible hours that I, as a student, require. I suppose I could get a grueling 40 hour a week job at Wal-Mart, but I guarantee that with those hours, I would not have the study time to allow me to make the Dean’s List every semester as I currently am doing. And for those of you who suggest that we are low lifes that should “aspire to move up” I feel like I must remind you that roof over your head is a roof over your head no matter how fancy it is. And as an intelligent student, I know better than to throw my money away on a $900/month paper-thin walled apartment when I can live in a three bedroom house for $265/month.

First of all. THe students were surveyed. Everything that was required from the school board was done, by the students, before it went up for voting. Its was done fair and square.

And I am so sick of hearing people complain about the low income students. $150 a semester… thats it. I am sorry, but if that $150 is going to make my school a better school then so be it. It will give lots of kids opportunites to go to school on scholarship that couldn’t other wise.
Besides… its only $150 dollars. If your job is so bad that you can’t cough up an extra $40 a month. Then you seriously need to get a new one. I am a low income student, no financial aid, no parents helping, nothing. And I find paying tuition a breeze as long as I have a savings account and another $150 a semester won’t bother me at all…

That said. I am glad they are getting rid of those homes. There will be a much better income for the school as a whole in that area now.

The students’ opinions on the football team were ignored.  Now the students are ignored in this situation as well.  Perhaps it should finally be realized that the alumni of South Alabama don’t actually matter as much as the people who are going to South.  You can’t have a university without students, afterall.

Also, take note:  the football team is an entertainment endeavour.  Some of the low-income students at South Alabama who are working toward actually getting a degree, and doing something important with their lives, are going to get kicked out and may be forced to spend all their school money on trying to survive in other housing around here.  Seems like this is another case of sports being more valued than actual education.