Frequently Asked Questions - Housing Amenities
Mosher-Jordan, Stockwell, North Quadrangle, Couzens, Alice Lloyd and East Quadrangle halls have central air-conditioning. University Housing will install an air conditioner in your residence hall room if you have allergic rhinitis and/or asthma. Medical documentation is required.
There is cable television in some residence hall lounges.
The residence hall facilities staff cleans and maintains community bathrooms. Students with non-community baths, such as Baits Houses, North Quad, and Northwood III, clean their own bathrooms.
Most halls have community bathrooms; Baits Houses and North Quad have suite-style bathrooms and Northwood III has private apartment bathrooms, shared by a small number of students.
The University does not offer these services. Students may arrange for a private laundry service. For security reasons, private housekeepers are not permitted inside the residence halls.
Each residence hall has its own on-site laundry facilities that accept coins or Blue Bucks (the University's electronic campus currency). The washers cost $1.25 per load and dryers cost $1 per load. Residents must provide their own laundry detergents and dryer sheets. There are no laundry supply vending machines available. Not all laundry rooms have change machines.
Very few residence hall rooms have private bathrooms. Baits Houses and North Quad feature suite-style rooms with adjoining baths. Northwood III has private apartment bathrooms.
No. Students are welcome to bring their own (must be <800 Watts) or rent a combination refrigerator/microwave unit. We do not rent just the solo microwave.
Many halls include a kitchen for use by all residents.
