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The Red and Black » Tuesday, September 18, 1990 » 9*
Trendy Soule hall has spacious suites
By LYNN BARFIELD
Staff Writer
Now there’s a trendy alternative
to on-campus housing for non-tra-
ditional University students who
are starved for privacy.
The alternative is Soule Hall, re
cently unveiled afler a year of reno
vation.
The trend is apartment-style
living in campus residence halls,
an idea that is catching on at col-
, leges and universities across the
country, said John Ayoob, resi
dence hall operations consultant.
“Students want more privacy
and more alternatives than a
double-loaded corridor,” Ayoob
said.
Soule will house 96 female stu
dents in suites that contain three
and four bedrooms, a bath and a
half-bath and a living area. Study
rooms and kitchens were added to
each floor. Kitchens will contain
the newest amenities in locking
storage cabinets, microwaves and
refrigerators.
David Matheny, an architect in
the Office of Campus Planning,
said the building was completely
redesigned from top to bottom. He
said that prior to these renovations
it has received only a few modifica
tions.
“We basically gutted the
building and worked with the
shell,” he said.
Matheny said the concept of
suites is more attractive than the
high-rise residential halls that
were built during the 1960’s
building boom.
Students today are different
than those of the 1960’s since more
students of non-traditional age are
attending school, Ayoob said, and
the apartment style atmosphere
should be appealing.
The term “non-traditional” is
used in reference to students who
don’t fall into the typical 18 to 24-
year-old college age range.
The cost to live in Soule is $610
per quarter and it is limited to fe
male residents, according to Uni
versity Housing officials.
Soule was the first women’s resi
dence hall on campus and has been
occupied since 1920, two years
Students today are
different than those of
the 1960’s — more
students of non-
traditional age are
attending school
after women were admitted to the
University. It was named for An
drew M. Soule, who came to the
University in 1907 to become presi
dent of the College of Agriculture.
He is regarded as the father of the
modem College of Agriculture.
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They may wear bike shorts, but
the leg hair stays.
Six burly University policemen
who are bike enthusiasts — but not
the leg-shaving variety — have vol
unteered to strap on helmets,
mount mountain bikes and seek
out do-badders. And, officials say
the effort is more efficient and
cheaper than foot patrolling or
cruising in police cars.
“We see the bikes as more effi
cient in policing certain parts of
campus and more efficient than the
operating cost of vehicles,” Univer
sity Public Safety Director Asa
Boynton said.
The four Giant ATX bikes were
put into commission in early Au
gust, but the bikers are still
waiting to show their stuff.
“We haven’t had any incidents
yet on our bikes, but I think foot
ball Saturdays are really when
they’re going to show themselves,”
said Allan Hatcher, one of the bike
riding officers.
‘They’re primarily for parking
lots, keeping cars from getting
broken into and keeping off van
dals,” Hatcher said. “It’s basically
an extension of the foot patrols, but
we’re covering four times as much
ground as we did on foot.”
The 21-speed bikes are equipped
with headlights and small mileage
computers — “really competition-
level bikes,” Hatcher said.
The officers also carry gadgets
that unlock car doors, which frees
the vehicles to tend to other more
pressing chores.
The bikers work in pairs in two
eight-hour shifts — from 3 p.m. to
11 p.m. and from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
— but most of the time isn’t nec
essarily spent in the saddle. In a
typical shift, the officers log about
12 miles, he said.
Hatcher, who used to race road
bikes in high school, said all the
bikers on the “pioneer list” are bike
enthusiasts.
‘They’re fired up and they like
it,” Boynton said. “These guys are
in great shape.”
Still, riding around for eight
hours in summer heat hasn’t been
all fun for the patrollers, Hatcher
said.
“We had problems at first with
sore muscles,” he said. “It’s been
too hot to ride — the heat is our
biggest enemy.”
There’s another problem for the
cyclists, too — Athens traffic.
‘Tve always hated riding in
Athens traffic,” Hatcher said, “but
luckily people here are pretty used
to seeing bikes and driving around
them, thank God.”
But, because the officers are
equipped with mountain bikes,
Hatcher said he avoids the traffic
by riding off-road when he can.
Hatcher said he’s been surprised
at the positive response to the bike
patrol.
“I did think people would laugh
more than they have — I got a
smirk from a guy on a Harley Da
vidson one day, and some of the
guys have gotten jeered at, but
that’s to be expected.
“I think it makes the officers
seem more accessible, though, be
cause they aren’t cooped up in
cars,” he said.
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