Seaview Podcast

What’s up guys! My name is Mike Sasso and today I am going to be talking about something that a lot of people have a misconception about, The Seaview hotel. Some of you already know this but for those of you that don’t Stockton does house students at the Seaview. I have noticed that people always say, “Uhhh I got stuck at Seaview.” This bothers me a great deal because I live there and it’s probably the best housing when it comes to accommodations and extra commodities. First off every student at Seaview gets a full size bed! Not those old hard twin extra-long beds on campus, but big, comfy full size beds. Wouldn’t it be great to come back from class and just lay out on your bed like a starfish, well you can’t do that on campus but at Seaview you can. This year living at Seaview I have never had trouble falling to sleep. It’s not just the beds that are big but the rooms are to. A normal room at Seaview is at least twice the size of the rooms on campus. My brother recently visited me at Seaview, he is a Stockton alumni and had never been to Seaview. When I showed him the room he said, “Wow this is huge, I lived in a cube on campus.” Secondly Seaview has 2 pools and a hot tube. There is an outdoor and an indoor pool, so even in the dead of winter it can be a pool day. Also, for the most part the pools are relatively empty because in the winter Seaview doesn’t have many guest so you can have the pool all to yourself. I can’t tell you how nice it is to come back from a day of classes and just go for a swim. Also, you can buy food at Seaview. They have a convenient website that allows you to order food online and then pick it up at the kitchen. The food is a nice change of pace from the food on campus. Some of the things that we get at Seaview are quesadillas, tacos, meatball subs, and cheesesteaks to name a few. You can also get breakfast as well. Some of the breakfast options are pancakes, omelets, and bagels. One aspect of this that you should be aware of is that you can only use flex to buy the food, but Stockton does provide a specialized meal plan for Seaview residents. Now I’m gonna take a quick break so here’s some music. Interlude Welcome back, now if you couldn’t tell I like living at Seaview but it’s not without its problems. One of these problems is that fact that it is off campus. It does get annoying to have to travel back and forth every day, but there is a shuttle service. So even if you don’t have a car you can still get to campus and back. Also the shuttles run every day and they run until midnight. But the shuttles could be more convenient because they only run once every hour so if you miss the shuttle by even a minute or two you might have to wait an hour just to get back. The other thing that bothers me about Seaview is dealing with the regular hotel guests. These interactions don’t happen often because the students are separate from the regular guest but it’s just one of those things you don’t want to deal with. Sometimes when you are just walking around the hotel you might get some glares because it is a four star hotel and when wealthy people see 20 year olds in sweat pants they tend to not like it. But these interactions can be quite entertaining at times. When you run into a drunk guest that’s when it gets fun. You don’t even have to do anything to make it interesting they’re funny on their own. I have had some interesting conversions in the year that I have been here. Well that’s all I have to say about that. Seaview’s not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. So thanks to Great White Buffalo and Brave Bird for their awesome music and thanks for listening, see ya!