I bet you saw the title and thought, “Centennial, blah!” Well here are some facts about living here, good and bad.
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es, it is true last semester our lovely abode transformed into a temporary bat cave and sure, a little more than usual rain either inundates the basement or causes the ceiling of certain third floor rooms to cave in slightly. And of course, let me not forget our featured guest: the pugnacious geese determined to reclaim their rightful land and equally radical stinkbugs using their numbers to coerce and torture Centennial inhabitants. Future Centennians, I’m sure you have heard these stories and maybe worse before. But believe it or not, there is a flip side!
In my opinion, the best of the worst sophomore housing options are the lakeside dorms. In fact, the lakeside view could potentially compete with all other housing on campus and make Centennial, Abe, and Northsworthy some of the best places to live at TCNJ period. Think about, people on the outside world — living at TCNJ sometimes makes me feel like I’m on an island — would pay thousands a month to live in on the waterfront. It is actually considered luxury.
I cannot really attest for the other dorms but Centennial is really not that bad. The rooms are spacious and with the right home décor, an average Centennial dorm can embody the “home-y” feeling with a comfy bed beckoning for the contours of your aching body from a tiring day of classes.
It really is simple. Just pull your blinds half way up and watch nature on your state of the art, built-in big screen. Seriously, the sunrises sometimes are simply breathtaking, even the geese desist their ranting and drift absentmindedly on the tranquil water. And sometimes in the afternoon people spend a couple hours of fishing while enjoying a nice breeze. The view is so inviting that it practically commands you to stop for a second to admire its beauty.
No worries guys, you’re in good hands next semester. Maybe by then there will be less rats congregating in the hallways after hours…
Just kidding.