Student Housing Observation

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The Student Housing office is located in the somewhat beige colored building across the street from the southern dorms and adjacent to the music department building. Also, it is on the upper floor of the maintenance department. I observed that the exterior of the building seems to be kept well maintained being that I smelled the aroma of the freshly trimmed grass. Keeping the grass tamed regularly really has an impact on the overall appearance of the exterior. For example, I noticed that the railings right outside of student housing had an impactful number of cobwebs in between the poles that seemed to have been there for some time. Before the grass was mowed, at a quick glance the student housing building could have appeared to be vacant,

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