Announcement

The announcement was handed down to me personally on Saturday. I felt a strange privelege and honor as Ed asked me to make sure that his letter to the campus was okay. Then, he told me that I would be a great president here someday... That's a negative there, but he told me, "Don't sell yourself short." Anyway-- the announcement has been made: UTS has officially purchased the new property in Trotwood. We are the proud owners of the Jewish Community Center which in just a short time will be changed to: United Theological Seminary. This move is monumental and I have no qualms with the idea of moving in the slightest. I have spent 2 years on this campus and I have spent time in the buildings and I know that these buildings are no where near the best conidition and border on unsafe. However, this is home. I live here. The new campus does not have any dorms/apartments on campus. We have been given the option of living across the street at Maria Joseph Nursing Home, but those rooms are less than half of what we have now and do not include a kitchen. They would be great for our commuter students, but unfortunately no where near acceptable for those full time residents. I have felt a severe "brush off" as I have raised the questions and issues and have been told that I am supplying uneeded pressure. Un-needed pressure? This is where I live! I am in no financial position to be able to afford an apartment alone as most of my money goes to pay off my student loans and payments to the school. As I was talking with Ed, he addressed my concerns specificially and told me that it was possible that we could continue living here for at least another year, and in the mean time, they would be building housing on campus. But, when I pushed for a definate, he couldn't give it. So, I am still in the same place... I don't know-- I don't know where I will be living next year. I know that I will not be homeless, but I don't know what my options are and what the seminary will provide. It's the not know that gives off so much anxiety.