Monday, August 29, 1983/The Battalion/Page 11
)orm life has its highs and lows
'tis Joe Aggie’s first day at
as A&M.
4/ter consulting a campus
i, he Finds his residence hall
checks in. With a suitcase in
hand and a desk lamp in the
r, he climbs the stairs to the
d Ihor.
kfore him is a small, empty
m.
He gazes at the plain walls
cold hard floor. The room
i not quite fit the image of
m rooms portrayed by Uni-
Aity brochures.
Was your dorm room not
:e what you expected? Be-
you go apartment-hunting,
'Ion.
There are many pros and
s to living on campus, and
tyou get out of it depends
elyon what you put into it.
I big benefit of dorm life is
convenience. Getting to
ml is no problem because
| live there, and this means
having to worry about find-
la parking space every morn-
rfilling the gas tank quite as
|n.
|)St is another benefit. When
live in a residence hall, you
lonceand don’t have to wor-
ivith electricity bills, water
.monthly rent or gas bills.
Another advantage is that
e’s always someone around
whom you can studv, eat or
talk.
but having someone around
he time also can be a dis-
antage, especially on that
night before a test when you
Mutely have to study and
one decides to use your
Sn for their poker game.
When you live in a residence
Lyon never have to clean the
Ats or showers. Maids take
: of that.
But you have to do your own
[dows.
fall activities are a major fea-
;of residence hall life. Every
dence hall has a hall council
plans social gatherings,
cational programs and other
vities for the hall. Residents
an optional ,fee of about $10
semester if they wish to par-
)ate.
All Girls Free” parties are
tlar among the men’s halls,
i men’s and women’s halls
hsorformals and theme par-
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residents with check-in, check
out, maintenance, room
changes and enforcing hall
rules.
Although living in a resi
dence hall offers numerous con
veniences, there are certain
commandments which must be
followed.
Meals are available under
three different plans — from
the dining halls, if you’re on
board plan or dining out every
night or living off cold, canned
veggies and tuna fish if you’re
not on board plan.
Coffee, popcorn and hot wa
ter are the only things which can
be cooked legally in a dorm
room.
To live in a residence hall, a
student must maintain a class
load of at least 12 hours during a
semester and three hours dur
ing a summer session.
Visitation by members of the
opposite sex is limited to 10 a.m.
to 10 p.m. Sunday through
Thursday and 10 a.m. to 1:30
a.m. Friday through Saturday.
Sorry, no all-night study sessions
with a member of the opposite
sex. Your best bet would be to go
to their place — off-campus.
The University does not
allow the possession of firearms
on campus. This includes guns,
fireworks, hand grenades and
nuclear warheads. But most of
the above may be stored with the
University Police.
The housing staff may enter
your room at any time for clean
ing and maintenance purposes,
to make sure everything that the
room came with is still there and
for health and safety checks —
not your health, the room’s.
They also can enter to make
sure you are complying with
housing codes, in emergency
situations or when there is
reasonable cause to believe a
violation of University regula
tions has been committed.
No pets, except fish, are
allowed in the residence halls.
The rule of thumb is “if it can
live underwater for six hours,
it’s legal.” But, one catch to this
rule is that fish can be eaten, so
you’d better check the food rule.
The only dog,...er, we mean
pet other than fish, legally living
in the dorms is Reveille, the Uni
versity mascot.
Violators of University hous
ing rules can be written up by
the housing staff and sent be
fore a judicial board composed
of on-campus residents.
Other disadvantages to dorm
life are the small size and bare
ness of the rooms. And you
don’t get to pick your own furni
ture.
However, a little creativity
can make any bare dorm room
seem like home.
Posters are an inexpensive
way to cover walls. But anything
that looks as if it came out of
Tiger Beat magazine is frowned
upon.
Plants and aquariums add life
to a room. Especially on those
days when you look and feel like
death.
Carpet, curtains and sofas
also can personalize a room. Try
designer sheets, leather furni
ture and expensive shag carpet
ing. And to really be a hit in the
hall, get your own jacuzzi. Mom
and Dad won’t mind footing the
bill; after all, you need to be
comfortable, don’t you?
Wooden lofts can add space
to an otherwise cramped room
and are great places to hide in.
Lofts must be approved by
the area staff before construc
tion, must be free-standing and
all the original furniture must be
kept in the room.
How does your room com
pare with others around cam
pus? Well, theres good news and
bad.
Rooms in the Commons —
Krueger, Aston, Dunn and
Mosher — are not the biggest
rooms on campus, but are the
most expensive. They have
suite-type baths and an area
available to all residents that in
cludes a furnished living room,
pool tables, ping-pong tables,
video games, snack bar, book
store, Xerox machine and post
office. Almost a real-live city.
There are six women’s “mod
ular” dorms on campus — Hob
by, Neeley, Haas, McFadden,
Clements and Underwood.
They have the biggest rooms on
campus and feature private
baths, wall-to-wall carpets, indi
vidual thermostats and sound
proofing.
The Corps-type dorms,
found mostly on the Quad,
come complete with community
showers, decorator pipes to
hang plants or laundry on, and
screaming upperclassmen.
Some of the rooms are even
painted. And have beds.
Corps-style dorms on the
northside of campus — Davis-
Gary, Moses, Moore and Crock
er — don’t have the upperclass
men, but the rooms are similar.
The dorms you see that look like
cheap hotels are Mclnnes,
Schuhmacher, Keathley, Fowler
and Hughes. They come with
suite baths, built-in furniture,
lots of storage space and with or
without a view of the Dixie
Chicken.
Puryear, Walton, Law and
Hart have ramps. Each ramp
has four floors with four rooms
on each floor.
Probably the most unpleasant
aspect of this type of dorm is the
absence of air conditioning. But
you can compensate for the heat
by putting a box fan in the win
dow. Oscillating fans are nice,
but you’ll probably find the air
circulates better if you and your
roommate both use box fans —
one taking in the outside air and
the other pulling the inside air
out.
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