当学生到达里贾纳大学入住宿舍时，意味着这个周末是学生入住的日子。今年新的宿舍Kīšik Towers正在开放。追溯至1972年的秋天，第一个学生搬进了新的West学院住宿楼。

　　尽管Luther 学院于1971年的秋天已经开放，然而West学院却是萨斯喀彻温省Regina大学管理的第一个宿舍楼，萨斯喀彻温省Regina大学是里贾纳大学1971年7月1前的叫法。

　　West学院耗资500万美元建成，可提供405个学生的房间。每个房间配备了普通起居、饮食区域和厨房，可供6到12人居住。这些房间已经备有家具，学生自己提供床上用品。一些房间可供轮椅通过。

　　每学期4个月的单个起居室租金是255美元，仅要卧室的租金是235美元，合租房间价格是215美元。停车设施和餐饮费用另算。

　　West学院已经开放，靠近Hillsdale 部，包含3个卧室的平房的销售价格是21，500美元，贷款利率是6%到7%。而一辆崭新的奔驰车却需6,685美元，汽油的价格是10美分每升。

　　这样的价格听起来像是便宜货，但是请考虑一下这些:加拿大公共服务部门在Leader-Post报纸上刊登的聘请审计会计师和编辑的价格在每年10，726美元到12，188美元之间。里贾纳综合医院聘请全职护士的薪资在每个月550美元到610美元之间。

　　原文如下：

　　When the U of R opened its first residence

　　This is move-in weekend, as students arriving at the University of Regina are getting settled in residences. This year, the newest residence, Kīšik Towers, is opening. Way back in the fall of 1972, the first students were moving into the new College West residence.

　　Although the Luther College residence had opened in the fall of 1971, College West was the first residence that was operated by the Regina Campus of the University of Saskatchewan, as the University of Regina was called before July 1, 1974.

　　College West cost $5 million to build. There was room for 405 students. There were suites for six to 12 students, with common living and dining areas and kitchens. The suites were furnished, and students supplied their own linen. Some suites were wheelchair accessible.

　　Rent per four-month semester for a single bed-sitting room was $255; for a single bedroom, the cost was $235; and for a shared bedroom the price was $215. Parking facilities and meal plans cost extra.

　　When College West opened, a three-bedroom bungalow in the nearby Hillsdale subdivision was up for sale with an asking price of $21,500 when mortgage rates were 6 to 7 per cent. A new Mercedes-Benz cost $6,685 and gasoline was 10 cents a litre.

　　Those prices might sound like a bargain, but consider this: the Public Service of Canada was advertising in the Leader-Post newspaper for supervising accountants and auditors with a pay range of $10,726 to $12,188 per year; and the Regina General Hospital was hiring General Duty Nurses at a wage of $550 to $610 per month.