About the Halls

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General Hall Information

Room Rates

Proposed Rates for the 2008-09 Academic Year:

Double Room: $2730
Single Room/Chancellor's Hall: $3880

Furniture

All the residence hall have loft furniture installed. Lofts provide the flexibility of 101 configurations, including bunks, lofts, one bed up/one down, and both beds down. Housing personnel are available to assist with furniture arrangements all year. You can submit a online loft/furniture request with the maintenance department. More specific information can be found on our website's furniture page.

Decorations

Pictures, pennants, posters and other decorations should be attached to bulletin boards only. The use of tacks, nails or tape on walls, doors, ceilings or floors is prohibited. Masking tape may be used with care on unpainted surfaces. Electric lights should be kept away from bulletin boards and other flammable materials such as crepe paper because of the danger of fire.

The original design of walls, ceilings and floors may not be covered. Rugs on the floor are permitted. If bringing carpet, a 12' x 15' piece is recommended. University furniture may not be removed from the room at any time. If a person is injured because of a change or modification made by a student to his or her room or furnishings, the University cannot be held liable.

Work Requests

You are responsible for maintaining your residence hall room. If the furnishings provided by the University need to be repaired, you should contact either your RA or your Hall Director immediately. They will help you complete a work request.

The Housing and Residence Life Office will then send a skilled professional or a trained member of its work study staff to repair the problem you have reported. If you are responsible for the damage, you will be charged. It is your responsibility to report any problems as soon as possible. The following is the online Maintenance Request Form.

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Common Facilities

Laundry Facilities

The laundry facilities in the halls consist of washers and dryers, washtubs and counters. To activate a washer, use your Blugold Card. (You must have money in your Blugold Account.) The cost for each load is $2.00. Dryer use is free. You can add money to your account at the Value Transfer Stations, online (see Blugold section), or at the Blugold office.

Computer Labs

The Housing Computer Labs are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Printing is also standard in the labs with students providing their own printing paper. More specific information can be found on our Housing Computer Labs page.

If there is ever a hardware or software problem with a computer in the labs, call ResCom Help Desk at 55-4271 or use Report a Problem. If needed, the technician on duty will notify the lab management crew so that the repair can be carried out expediently.

Front Desks

In the main lobby of each residence hall is a reception desk. The reception desk serves as an informational center for each hall. It has the name and phone number of all residents living in the hall. The reception desk can also be a resource for on-campus as well as emergency numbers.
Reception desks are staffed 24 hours a day for sales operation, and offer a wide variety of sandwiches, soda, bottled water, pizza, popcorn, ice cream and milk products. Some of the halls supply other items, such as sports equipment, games, etc. which can be checked out there.

Front Desk Phone Numbers:

	Bridgman	855.4910		Putnam	855.4600
	Chancellors	855.2614		Sutherland	855.4667
	Governors	855.4401		Thomas	855.4726
	Horan	855.4469		Towers North	855.4727
	Murray	855.4531		Towers South	855.4727
	Oak Ridge	855.4598

Kitchens

Many halls and hall councils have a supply of kitchen stuff that students can use if they purchase a hall council activity sticker for that hall.
Various cooking equipment such as pots, pans, utensils, and silverware may be checked out at the halls' front desk for use in the hall kitchens. Major appliances, including a refrigerator, freezer, stove, oven and microwave, and yes, even the kitchen sink, are available for use in most residence halls kitchens.

Social Rooms

Social rooms are located in six of our residence halls: Horan, Towers, Oak Ridge, Murray, Thomas and Governors. Social rooms are open to all members of the residence halls and their guests. The rooms are used for dinner parties and other events as approved by Hall Directors. The social room kitchens are equipped with modern appliances including a microwave oven. China, crystal, and linens are available. About 1,000 students use the social rooms each month for events such as dinners, pizza parties, and educational programs.

Fitness Areas

Most of the residence halls have exercise areas located in their basements. Universal fitness equipment is installed, along with stationary bicycles and rowing equipment, in most of the exercise areas. We hope you will take advantage of these facilities for your routine workouts.

Lounges

The main lounge of each residence hall is equipped with chairs, couches, tables, lamps, and, in some cases, television sets and pianos. All residence halls feature several study lounges furnished with chairs, desks and couches. Several of the residence halls also have a TV lounge with a big screen TV for resident use.

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Room Connections

Telephone Service

Students can request an activiated land line for their residence hall room. There is a per semester charge for this activation. The request forms can be obtained in the Housing Office, Towers 112.

Cable Service

Each room has a TV/FM outlet. Cables for the outlets are distributed at the beginning of the year. Numerous commercial stations and foreign language broadcasts are available through the cable system lineup, including ESPN, MTV, The Weather Channel, C-SPAN and CNN, to name a few.
In addition, the University has its own television channel and broadcasting studio, TV10, and its own radio station, SRI . They are both completely student-run organizations.

Network Access

All residence hall rooms are wired for Ethernet, which requires an Ethernet card to establish a connection. All residence hall rooms are equipped with at least 1 activated port per student. You'll find that all odd-numbered ports are activated \ (meaning ready to use) in all the Residence Halls.

Additional information on the necessary software all student owned computers must have installed to keep it protected and clean, including instructions on setting up your computer on the network, refer to the ResCom Help Desk.

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Hall Policies

2009 Hall Policies