2008 Woodie Awards
Officials discuss off-campus living
Samantha Bozel
Issue date: 10/7/08 Section: News
On Thursday, October 2, Baltimore City Councilmen and representatives from Loyola College, Towson University and Johns Hopkins University congregated in Sellinger Hall to confer on topics concerning off-campus student activities. The Baltimore City Council and the universities work together in hopes of keeping the students and surrounding neighborhoods safe.
The focus of the meeting was to address the students', usually juniors' and seniors', choice in making the decision to live off-campus. Off-campus housing, according to the officials, brings about a series of new dilemmas concerning landlords and irritated neighbors.
Often students are unaware of zoning laws. In Baltimore City, no more than four unrelated persons can reside in a single home. Landlords sometimes will take advantage of the na've students and overcharge for homes or allow more than four students to live together.
Bill Henry, councilman of the 4th district, is focusing on solving the problem with the relations between landlords and tenants. Henry said, "We want you to learn to be an adult, live in a neighborhood, be responsible and respectable."
Joan Flynn, Assistant Vice President of Administration at Loyola said that she wants to provide a session in the early spring discussing both ends of the spectrum. She wants to see the students interact positively with their landlords. Flynn said it is important to Loyola that the students are "being good neighbors and positive influences on the community."
Loyola College is affiliated with the North Baltimore Neighborhood Coalition (NBNC). One of the objectives of the NBNC is to ease the tension between college students and their neighbors. This enables the students to peacefully coexist with their neighbors. Off-campus residents of Loyola are involved in a meet and greet at the beginning of the year with their new neighbors. It produces a less aggressive environment.
There are requirements for Loyola students to live off-campus. They have to comply with the conditions of the agreement between Loyola and the NBNC. The contract states, "Loyola agrees to prohibit nonresidential commuter students from residing in dwellings located in the following neighborhoods: Blythewood, Guilford, Evergreen, Homeland, Kernewood, Keswick, Radnor-Winston, Roland Park, Roland Springs, Tuscany-Canterbury and Wyndhurst unless (1) the dwelling was originally designed as an apartment-style residence or (2) a student lives with a relative or (3) a student lives with a friend of the student's family."
The focus of the meeting was to address the students', usually juniors' and seniors', choice in making the decision to live off-campus. Off-campus housing, according to the officials, brings about a series of new dilemmas concerning landlords and irritated neighbors.
Often students are unaware of zoning laws. In Baltimore City, no more than four unrelated persons can reside in a single home. Landlords sometimes will take advantage of the na've students and overcharge for homes or allow more than four students to live together.
Bill Henry, councilman of the 4th district, is focusing on solving the problem with the relations between landlords and tenants. Henry said, "We want you to learn to be an adult, live in a neighborhood, be responsible and respectable."
Joan Flynn, Assistant Vice President of Administration at Loyola said that she wants to provide a session in the early spring discussing both ends of the spectrum. She wants to see the students interact positively with their landlords. Flynn said it is important to Loyola that the students are "being good neighbors and positive influences on the community."
Loyola College is affiliated with the North Baltimore Neighborhood Coalition (NBNC). One of the objectives of the NBNC is to ease the tension between college students and their neighbors. This enables the students to peacefully coexist with their neighbors. Off-campus residents of Loyola are involved in a meet and greet at the beginning of the year with their new neighbors. It produces a less aggressive environment.
There are requirements for Loyola students to live off-campus. They have to comply with the conditions of the agreement between Loyola and the NBNC. The contract states, "Loyola agrees to prohibit nonresidential commuter students from residing in dwellings located in the following neighborhoods: Blythewood, Guilford, Evergreen, Homeland, Kernewood, Keswick, Radnor-Winston, Roland Park, Roland Springs, Tuscany-Canterbury and Wyndhurst unless (1) the dwelling was originally designed as an apartment-style residence or (2) a student lives with a relative or (3) a student lives with a friend of the student's family."
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