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-: My name is Elena Hernandez.
I'm from Chicago,Illanois
and I have lived in UNL housing for four years.
I decided to live in the residence halls
as I continued on in UNL
because I don't have a car.
So it makes it really easy
that I can just stay in campus and walk to my classes.
It's easy for me to get to work.
And I just like the environment.
It's a really fun environment,
there's always something going on,
you're never really bored.
I do feel like I'm doing better academically
because I live on campus
because I feel like I'm more focused
and I'm not concentrating on other stuff.
I come in here and I study and just get it done.
And then I can go have fun.
(pour cereal into bowl)
I love living with my roommate.
We share a lot of the same interests.
we're both night owls and we're not morning people.
So that's really nice. And it's always nice
to have somebody that, you know to talk to
and just be there for you.
My mom liked me living on campus.
She felt like it was a lot safer for me.
There is a resident assistant on every floor,
so that's nice because we can always go to them
if we need help, or if we lock ourselves out of our room
or if we have any questions.
If you live off campus you have a lot of freedom,
which is nice.
But here on campus
there's always somebody there to help you and guide you.
If you need any help there's always somebody here
to kind of take care of you
and help you out a little bit.
It is nice to have somebody cook for me.
So it is nice to kind of go to the dining hall
and have that homemade meal that you miss,
Sometimes when you're far away from home.
I like the nine month contract that I have here at UNL
because I do go home for the summer.
So I don't have to worry about that.
I just have to worry about my contract for the school year.
The off campus departments,
a lot of them, you need a 12 month contract.
I do feel like it's more economical.
I don't have to pay for separate internet.
I don't have to pay for gas or electricity or water.
Everything's kind of included into it.
So that makes it really nice.
No regrets. I love it here on campus.
It's so much fun and there's always something to do
and everything is where I need it to be.
And I just feel like living on campus is the better choice.
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