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Continued from Page 3“The (old) furniture was more hotel’ style, instead of suiting the students’ academic needs as well as long term transient guests,” said Alves.There are private or connecting semi-private baths, spacious closet space, and telephone service for each occupant. A modular unit with under-the-counter refrigerator aftd larger freezer unit replaces a service counter with a small refrigerator built in.This new system is•even more energy efficient and uses lower wattage than using a refrigerator andmicrowave separately.They are connectedwand the refrigerator shuts down when the microwave is on.”Coffee pots, eating utensils and on-site laundry facilitiesmround out all the comforts of home.Deputy Director faster Chief Electronics Technician(SW/AW) KeithRogers, who graduated from SEA in 1995, said the berthing spaces are a definite improvement. When he was a student there were linoleum floors with area rugs.This is definitely better.” said Rogers. “Those floors were cold.”Rogers said the new* spaces are like an upgrade from a cheap hotel to a Holiday Innor a Hilton. “Instead of having that institutional feeling, it feels more like being at home.”
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Newport Navalog
Newport, Rhode Island, US
Fri, Jan 11, 2002
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