Palo Verde East

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[Source: Dane Fernandez]

            There are many residential halls within the Arizona State University community.  One of these residential halls is the Palo Verde East building.  It is a dormitory that can be found in Palo Verde.  It was built in the 1960s, so it is rather old and somewhat outdated.  It would not be as bad as a dorm if it were recently renovated or completely rebuilt like some of the other dorms on the ASU campus such as Manzanita Hall or the Hassayampa residential community. Furthermore, one of the disadvantages about living here is its seven stories tall and only has two elevators.  In my interview with Trevor Verone, who is a freshman in Business Communication and resident of Palo Verde East, he states, “The elevators tend to break down on a weekly basis, so students have to take the stairs a lot” (Verone).  For students living in the higher stories it can be kind of a hassle having to take the stairs, also if a student has any kind of handicapped where they can't use stairs they can be completely be blocked off from thier room.  In addition, the actual dorm rooms themselves are fairly average.  They seem to be pretty old and could use remodeling.  One positive is the bathroom situation, one shower and toilet is shared between four people.  This is not that bad considering that some dorms have community bathrooms where you have to share a bathroom with your whole floor.  Additionally, Verone states, “The air conditioning in the rooms are usually pretty bad, sometimes they do not work and it can get kind of hot especially at night” (Verone).  Having bad air conditioning especially here in Arizona where on average it can get up to ninety degrees outside is a great disadvantage.  The building also contains a Starbucks and a UPS store.  This is one of the few positives to living here because students can conveniently get coffee from Starbucks and get their mail from the UPS store.  Overall, the Palo Verde East building at Palo Verde is fairly unexceptional because of the living conditions that students have to go through and it adds to the harmfulness that Palo Verde has on the ASU community.