LINCOLN — Two UNL residence halls built in the 1960s to accommodate the baby boom generation have become increasingly prone to leaks of rainwater through aging windows and building joints.
Some students complain of musty odors and leaks from the ceiling and walls of Cather and Pound Halls.
Junior Delaney Rhoades of Papillion, living in Cather Hall for the summer, said rainwater seeped into her room and closet during a heavy storm on May 20. Her clothing and rugs got soaked, she said, but none of her belongings were permanently damaged.
“I don’t know why they put the kids in these dorms. They’ve got to know they leak,” said her mother, Leslie Rhoades. “Everybody knows that dorms are not luxurious, fabulous places to live, but I think the water situation is above and beyond what you should expect.”University of Nebraska-Lincoln housing officials are coping with the twin high rises until they can be replaced, said Sue Gildersleeve, interim housing director.Plans are being developed to build two suite-style residence halls nearby. Once those are completed — likely in 2013 and 2014 — Cather and Pound would be demolished. Until then, the 960-capacity buildings are needed to help house the approximately 6,000 students each year who want to live on campus.
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