If you were to ask me what I was most excited about being a college freshman, I would tell you living in the dorms. Without a doubt, this was something I was ecstatic about! I would get my own room, free food and a market close by.I was living the dream… so I thought.
My freshman year I moved into the Stephenson Complex on the southside of campus. I remember admiring the brick buildings surrounded by trees. The southside cafe was my favorite place to eat and coug market was full of gas station snacks i never knew i needed.
That is until I started to explore the campus a bit more. I remember visiting a hillside cafe. I noticed that their buildings were much better, their cafe was nicer and their market was a lot different from the one on the south side of campus. It was somewhat of an upgrade and oddly enough I became jealous.
If I thought that was good, my idea of an upgrade got even better. I had made it to the northside of campus. The side of campus with modern architecture. Food choices I didn’t know existed and the beast pat.. A market that mimicked trader joes in more ways than one.
The residence halls on campus are one of Pullman’s most prominent staples. I mean everybody starts somewhere right? But why is it that all students aren’t offered the same living experience?
I chose to take pictures over the span of a week, I visited every side of campus. I attended the market, browsed around. Ate at the dinning hall and visited the largest residence halls on campus. I then proceeded to take a standard picture at every location just to show the first glance difference fro each side of campus. My overall inspiration comes from the role I play on campus as a residential advisor. Money shouldn’t be a factor when it comes to things like food quality ,comfortability and overall accessibility. Sadly, on my campus, this is the reality. Southside, hillside and northside are the three tiers of subtle classism in housing and residence life.
