The Ten WORST Things About Wilkes

  • On-campus parking limited

  • Problem landlords abound off-campus

  • Downtown crime close to campus

  • City parking enforcement officers and some local businesses unsympathetic to student parking needs

  • No 24-hour restaurants within walking distance

  • No on-campus help desk—when no computer lab attendant on duty, must call Florida for paper refills

  • Not many 18-and-over clubs; mostly all require 21-years-or-older ID

  • Local cops target/watch off-campus housing (meaning busted parties)

  • AC/heaters never mesh with Mother Nature—classrooms always too hot/too cold

  • While city leadership is making positive moves toward becoming a college town, there is still sometimes a clash between residents and college students; the stigma that “kids are troublemakers” lingers with some city elderly.