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Housing AssistanceLearning wisdom while living in communityNew Saint Andrews College encourages students to be active members of the wider local community. The College expects its students to be mature enough to live independently and it refuses to act in loco parentis . Thus, students are responsible for their own housing arrangements. In addition, the College encourages students to live as Christians in genuine community where they routinely encounter people of various ages, callings, and circumstances. This is why the College has no on-campus residence facilities, for such facilities tend to foster academic and youth subcultures segregated from the more balanced and mature local community. New Saint Andrews rejects, on principle, college dormitory living. Dormitories dominate Christian and non-Christian student housing on virtually every college campus. But dorms, by their very nature, tend to breed immaturity, immorality, and irresponsibility. Despite claims to the contrary, no college can provide adequate supervision or accountability for dozens, sometimes hundreds of 18- to 21-year-olds living in the same space with other 20-somethings typically acting as the "residence advisors." This is consistent with the radically anti-Christian origin of modern college dormitories, dating from the early 20th century when the German Bauhaus movement swept Western architecture. Bauhaus architects quite deliberately applied their modernist-socialist vision to apartment complexes and college dormitories to create "living machines." In fact, Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus movement, invented the modern university dormitory at Bauhaus as a way of promoting communal living and reinforcing a revolutionary, socialist way of life. Sparing them the indignities of high ceilings and wide hallways and other trappings of the bourgeoisie, Gropius and the Bauhaus-inspired architects provided co-eds with low ceilings, narrow hallways, and the aesthetics of machinery. New Saint Andrews, by contrast, expects its students to live as faithful Christians in a way that recovers the beauty of genuine community. Getting Housing informationUpon request, the College will provide its current list of housing opportunities to students who have submitted their tuition agreements with their deposits or fees. Students and their parents are responsible for making appropriate inquiries as to the quality and suitability of their various housing options. The College assumes no responsibility for creating housing opportunities or for making recommendations among a student's various options. At the same time, the College tries to assist students and their parents in making contacts and passing along leads on quality housing opportunities. New Saint Andrews students should understand that they are competing for off-campus housing with other students from the University of Idaho and Washington State University. Spring is usually the best time to secure an apartment for the following academic year. Christian families in the area have also opened their homes to New Saint Andrews students. Once students submit their deposit or fees confirming that they'll be attending in the fall, the College is then able to release the housing information it has and give confirmed fall enrollees opportunity to explore their options directly with housing providers. Students and their families seeking housing arrangements are encouraged to visit Moscow to search out their best options, to evaluate their housing prospects, and to confirm personally the arrangements for next academic year. Housing situations can vary considerably, so students and their families should carefully evaluate their options. Student costs for housing (figure more for food, utilities, etc., of course) in Moscow can vary considerably, but typically range from about $300 to $450 per month, depending on location, amenities, number of roommates, and other factors. Listed below are the phone numbers of a few apartment rentals regularly available in Moscow. As an example, a number of New Saint Andrews students live at McCoy Apartments because they are quite clean, reasonably priced, two-bedroom units (ideal for sharing), and available with monthly lease agreements. Two-bedroom apartments typically rent in the $450 per month range, and duplexes and houses go for between $700 per month to $1500 per month. For Moscow apartment possibilities, contact: Apartment Rentals – 208-882-4721
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