The Daily Tar Heel
October 2023
“Column: What are we paying for? When will student costs reflect our quality of living?”
“With these increases in the cost of all on-campus housing, we would expect housing-related
issues to improve. But the mounting $1.1 billion maintenance backlog is saying otherwise. As
of Thursday, there were broken elevators in Morrison, expired drinks in the vending machines
in Koury and structural issues in these buildings themselves. Since it seems the additional
money isn’t going to the residence halls, it must go to the housekeepers or workers, right?
Nope.”