It’s not news that the constantly fluctuating weather in Lethbridge can be a bit of struggle for some people to get used to, but this year has been especially odd.
For a lot of students though, they’re just moving to the city and it’s something that they have to learn to deal with.
Residence Life and Housing Coordinator at Lethbridge College Laura Terry says it can be tough for some of the students.
“We get a lot of students from Saskatchewan and other places where they’re used to a bit more of a stable conditioned season, so sometimes it’s not that easy.”
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The staff here at the college have to be on top of things to keep things cleared for students as they head to class in the morning, sometimes clearing sidewalks with a street sweeper on residentials at four in the morning.
John Curlew, a Business Administration student that lives on the Cullen residence, says there could be some better accommodations made.
“A lot of the time two or three people need to have their vehicles plugged in and there isn’t even enough plug ins for a whole household to plug their vehicles in.”
Most places on the Cullen residence have four people living in each unit and only have two plug ins for vehicles on the outside.
As for the students over at the Kodiak House residence, they have nowhere to plug their vehicles in at all, meaning students may have to invest in jumper cables or a booster pack just to start their cars some mornings.
As for other residential amenities, the door to the laundry room on the Cullen residence has had a broken lock for the past few months, and students are still being forced to bring that threw the inside of the building.
One of the RA’s on campus Alex Drews says that’s one of the most common complaints he’s received.
“It’s definitely an issue, we get a lot of complaints about it, it means we have to keep the whole res hall open for longer each day and lock up later, so it’s keeps us busier.”
There’s no word on what exactly we can expect for weather for the rest of the season and how long that season will actually be, so students are going to need to continue adjusting to everything for a little while longer.
