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Surviving residence hall life
doesn’t have to be painful
Resources exist for
everything from broken
heaters to problems
with a roommate
By Amy Goldhammer
Oregon Daily Emerald
It’s almost the end of the first
week of living in the residence
halls. You’ve already found out
your neighbor works out to Debbie
Gibson every morning at 6 a.m.,
you got busted for trying to smug
gle beer to the fourth floor in an
unmarked box, you’ve hooked up
with the cutie across the way, and
you’re very aware that your room
mate’s feet smell.
But surviving fife in the residence
halls is easier than one may think.
“In summary, always read
everything you receive in the mail
from us,” said Kelly Matchett
Morris, associate director of resi
dent life. “We provide a lot of in
formation to students and a lot of
times they don’t read it.”
Students in the residence halls
should know their resources, he
said. This includes the area desk,
the resident assistants and the res
ident directors. When students
check in, each will receive a hand
book that provides information on
details from broken phones to
switching roommates.
“One of the things we will never,
ever escape is that we have really
small rooms,” Matchett-Morrissaid.
People have different tolerances
when it comes to his or her alone
time, he said. A good way to figure
out certain down times is through
good communication, he said.
“The dorms provide a great so
cial atmosphere,” said Jerry El
more, a senior and former resident
ofHousing.
University Housing sends out
questionnaires on which students
can note their interests, study
habits, cleanliness and other
lifestyle preferences. The office
tries to match up students to its
best ability.
However, if problems do persist
— your roommate puts your
stuffed animal in a noose, or stands
on your windowsill in a cape and
then pretends to be dead on the
ground the next morning, or, per
haps cleans knives and gun car
tridges on your bed, to name a few
— the option of moving or switch
ing is available after ten days.
“We don’t want students ex
changing a problem for a prob
lem,” Matchett-Morris said. “This
is why we instigate at least a ten
day 'trial period.’”
The residence halls are some
thing everyone complains about at
one point, Elmore said. But it is
the best experience for someone
new to college, he added.
The residence halls enforce
conduct codes and rules, but if a
student is caught breaking a rule,
he or she will be dealt with accord
ingly, Matchett-Morris said. This
includes, but is not limited to un
derage drinking, drug use and ob
noxious noise at odd hours.
“Basically, don’t do the crime if
you’re not willing to do the time,”
he said.
The residence halls provide
many students with an opportuni
ty they wouldn't get to experience
elsewhere, Matchett-Morris said.
Lifelong friendships are made in
the residence halls.
“I met just about everybody I
ever knew there," Elmore said.
Much of a student’s residence
hall experience is what each is will
ing to make it, Housing contends.
“It's nice to be surrounded by
people who don’t know what
they’re doing,” Elmore said. “It’s
fun to be lost together.”
It’s nice to be
surrounded by people
who don’t know what
they’re doing. It’s fun to
be lost together.
Jerry Elmore
Computer and Information Science Major
Residence hall
phone numbers
main number—346-4277
■ FANNLY HOUSING:
Family Housing director
-346-4222
Amazon —346-5263
East Campus—346-5263
Westmoreland—346-5261
11 HALL COMPLEXES:
Hamilton
area desk—346-5266
resident director—346-9527
assistant resident director
-346-8169
Bean
resident director—346-9165
assistant resident director
— 346-9336
Carson
area desk —346-4217
resident director— 346-9091
Earl
resident director—346-9091
Walton
resident director — 346-9288
University Inn
area desk—346-4287
resident director—346-8627
Riley
resident director—346-9161
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