Because all freshmen will be required to live on-campus next year, fewer upperclassmen will have the option of remaining on-campus. Because my off-campus living situation for next year fell through, I am forced to live on-campus again. I had planned on living in Riverside, where some of my friends are living again, but because of the new policy of requiring freshmen to live on-campus, I will not be able to do so. The only way that I would be able to live on-campus in a non-traditional dormitory would be if I was accepted into the Honors College. Because I have no other choices, I have taken this route, and I applied to the Honors College and got accepted. I am now being told that I will live in Rose Towers next year, which does anything except excite me. I do not know anyone who lives in Rose Towers, or will be living in Rose Towers. Due to freshmen being required to live on-campus, there will be a shortage of dorms for upperclassmen to live in. This might cause problems for some students. If a student does not have a car, he or she must find a residence very close to campus. This could also pose a problem when it comes to eating. It is inconvenient to come back to campus and find parking just to eat a meal in one of the university's dining facilities.

Currently, many male freshmen do not live on campus. Some live in apartments, others live in houses. A large percentage of the University of Alabama's student body is a part of the Greek system. Fraternities take advantage of their pledges living off-campus by having pledge parties in their houses and apartments. What is going to happen to pledge parties next year when the pledges cannot live off-campus? Franternies will have to figure out another location to have their pledge parties.

Students should not be forced to live on campus. They should have the option of living wherever they would like to. On-campus housing prices are going up, and after doing research for my living arrangements for next year, I found that I could live in an apartment off-campus for less than living on-campus. On-campus housing should not be more expensive than other options. Some families might have multiple children attending the Capstone. This creates a financial burden on the parents. The parents might wish for their freshman to live with their older sibling, but if the University of Alabama implements the required on-campus housing for freshman this will not be a possibility. The University needs to take financial costs for families into consideration.

Starting this fall, incoming freshman will be required to live in on-campus housing. Previously, all students had the option of living on-campus or off-campus. Because of this new requirement, some upperclassmen will not have the option of living on-campus another year if they choose to. Slowly the University of Alabama is phasing out old style dorms, where two people are forced to share a room and a bathroom with many other people. The Riverside Residential Community was built prior to the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year. Riverside rooms are built apartment style, and the average room has four single bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchenette, and a living room. The University is currently builiding another set of apartment style dorms, to be named Lakeside.