Wyview is not on-campus housing
Posted in Educationon Sep 8, 2006
To the library entrance:
- Wyview: 0.88 miles
- Glenwood: 0.62 miles
- University Villa: 0.67 miles
- Centennial: 0.89 miles
To the Marriott Center:
- Wyview: 0.65 miles
- Glenwood: 0.52 miles
- University Villa: 0.87 miles
- Centennial: 1.19 miles
To the Joseph Smith Building:
- Wyview: 1.02 miles
- Glenwood: 0.69 miles
- University Villa: 0.49 miles
- Centennial: 0.78 miles
When looking at these number, it is hard to imagine that Wyview is considered “on-campus” while the other complexes are considered “off-campus.”
These numbers were easy to find with Google Earth’s distance measuring tool. Google Earth is part of Google Pack, a free collection of essential software. You can download Google Pack by clicking here.
Update March 1, 2008: For those who are not familiar with BYU campus, you can take a look at the campus map to see where some of the buildings are. Wyview is northwest of campus, on the far side of the stadium. Glenwood is west of the northern part campus, about 3/10th of a mile northwest of Heleman halls, a housing complex that more properly can call itself, “On-campus.” University Villa just a few blocks west from the tennis courts on the southwest side of campus. Centennial is located near a few other large complexes southeast of campus.
Update January 23, 2009: I’ve also added this map to help show where a few major on-campus and off-campus complexes are located with respect to the main part of campus where students take classes (the blue shaded region). Wyview is the brown shaded region along the top of the map.
11 Comments
Sare
September 8th, 2006 at 3:58 pm
Wyview is pretty dang far away.
Jacob’s Blog » Somebody told me to get a life
September 21st, 2006 at 11:03 pm
[...] On this blog, an anonymous reader accessing the Internet through BYU left a comment on a post about Wyview saying only, “Get a life.” [...]
Anonymous
September 26th, 2006 at 9:06 pm
Who really cares if it’s on campus or not? I have a hard time understanding how someone really has time to care! Do you live there? Are you ever getting married? No! So, it doesn’t really matter or have any relevance. I don’t understand you, and as you state, I probably don’t know you. Oh yes, I do. You are a rude person with no point. Your blogs are pointless, and I doubt it’s really amusing anyone. If one reader told you to “get a life” I agree. You waste way too much time insulting others, when you need to work on yourself. When you are perfect and flawless (never), then work on correcting others. But until then, why don’t you stop complaining about everything you can think of! Complaining won’t get you anywhere. If you ever go on a date, you’ll learn that complaining is a turn off to the ladies. If you wish to get married, you’ll realize it won’t happen until you stop complaining and putting others down. Start with that.
Bruce
September 26th, 2006 at 10:07 pm
Wow, anonymous guy. That’s a bit over the top. I’ve known Jacob pretty well for several years, and I certainly don’t think that he’s as bad as your comments paint him to be–not even close. Of course, you may think differently, but personally attacking him on his own blog is pretty uncool.
Jacob
September 29th, 2006 at 3:17 pm
One of my friends suggested that they use the phrase “University Owned Housing” rather than “On-campus Housing.” I think it is a great idea.
That one guy
November 7th, 2006 at 6:33 pm
thanks for the distances
I
November 14th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
This might be kind of a silly reason why it’s considered on campus, but there Wyview is in between a campus building (the Ellsworth building I think) and the main body of the campus. On the other side (south side) of Wyview are the intramural fields, but then again just diagonally southeast from those fields is the Raintree apartments or something like that, and they aren’t considered on campus, so that’s a tough question. Is it really that important? I hope you’re doin’ ok even though it may seem a bit confusing. I think they have good reasons, and would probably share them with you if you asked.
Linda
March 1st, 2008 at 10:26 am
I think this information is great. My son is an imcoming Freshman and it is nice to know how far Wyview actually is from the campus. Thank you Jacob. This info. will help us make an informed decision where we should apply for housing.
site admin
June 30th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
A couple of years later, I would like to make another small comment. In spite of how far Wyview is from campus, it could still be a great deal for many students. The above information isn’t meant to discourage students from living there, but simply to make them aware of the situation before they decide to live there. I still feel like advertising Wyview as “on-campus housing” is deceptive, but hopefully the above information will clarify the situation.
Gary Hatch
September 6th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Not only is it on campus, but you can walk from Wyview to the main campus without actually ever leaving campus.
Jacob
September 8th, 2009 at 9:13 am
@Gary – My main point isn’t whether or not Wyview is technically on campus, but to illustrate that Wyview isn’t close to main campus. Many Freshman buy their housing online without ever visiting BYU, and the fact that it is called “on-campus housing” could lead them to think that it is close to main campus, which it is not.
However, Gary, your comment does illustrate well that Wyview is not on main campus, differentiating between “campus” and “main campus.” Traditionally, “on-campus” housing for single students (Heritage Halls, Helaman Halls, Deseret Towers) were located either on or adjacent to “main campus.” This is a distinction that Wyview does not hold.