Chance of AU increasing merit aid?

LR4150
Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:18:38 +0000

The way I understand it, Hughes currently has Honors freshmen on floors 5-7, Honors upperclassmen on floors 3 & 4, and non-Honors freshmen on floor 2 (with possibly some Honors freshmen mixed in). From what I’ve heard, there wasn’t enough space for non-honors freshmen this year, so some were temporarily housed in floor lounges in Letts and others were assigned to 2nd floor of Hughes for the whole school year, even though Hughes is supposed to be only for Honors students.

Although, as stated above, there’s not necessarily a “rarefied intellectual atmosphere” in Honors housing, I do get the impression (from reading AU Public Safety logs) that there are much fewer alcohol & drug issues in Hughes as compared to other freshman residence halls (Letts, Anderson). At Eagle Summit, we were told that it’s a myth that north side dorms have less problems than south side dorms, but I still believe that it’s a reality.