Where are Ocean’s Hall Residents going to live?    

Throughout the fall, all seven of the school’s residence halls have been bustling with life. From studying in the common areas to sprinting and screaming down the staircases during the Midnight Yell round-up, the dorms here at TAMUG have felt lived-in. 

However, beginning in the spring semester, the doors to Hullabaloo and Oceans Hall will be closed for renovations.

Suitemates Logan Mooty ‘27 and Riccardo Orlandi ‘28 are two of many that are preparing themselves for the close at the semester. The two Oceans residents have tried their best to stay up to date on all information about their relocation, but finding information on their plan has proven difficult. 

“University housing hasn’t told us where we’re going yet, so coming up with a plan is hard,” Orlandi said. 

“They’re asking for preferences on where we’d want to go,” continued Orlandi, “but they don’t really have that figured out. There’s an abundance of people, because these are pretty big halls. But right now, they haven’t told us where we’re going, we don’t have a clue where they’re planning on putting us, there’s just no information.”

Despite the uncertainty, Mooty and Orlandi have spent the first semester of the year coming up with a plan for where to relocate during renovations. 

“We’re thinking about trying to find somewhere to live off of the island,” Mooty said. “We haven’t picked a location yet, but our goal is to either find one or wait a semester and then move in the fall.” 

In the search for a new place to live, the suitmates have come to terms with the uncertainty of the move. “We’re kind of just going with the flow on all of this, that’s all we can do in this situation really,” Mooty said. “It's a comfortable life here, and it’s by no means the nicest, right? And you accept that when you move in– that you are living in a slightly less bougie dorm. So, we're really trying to be indifferent to this move.”

Campus Living and Learning has yet to send out any additional information regarding the displacement and closing, but students expect more updates to be available soon.