The halls have handsomely furnished sitting rooms and some of the newer halls have comfortable lounges on each floor. The majority of residence hall living rooms have cable televisions and video cassette recorders. A computer room is located in every hall. Student rooms vary in size and shape in the older halls, while room size in the newer residence halls is almost uniform. Students can apply for telephone service through the telephone business office.
Service includes free local calling, long distance access, voice mail, and call waiting.
A First Year Handbook, which will be mailed to you in the summer, gives advice on decorating your room and supplies you may wish to bring with you or buy once you arrive. You will need a pillow, sheets and towels, blankets, a desk lamp, a metal trash can, and a metal ashtray, if you smoke. The outdoor amphitheater is near Porter and is used as a study area and a classroom in the fall and spring, as well as for commencement ceremonies. These cozy, smaller halls, housing 69 to 94 students, are close to the library, Blanchard Campus Center, and classroom buildings. Wilder, built in 1899, is next to the Lower Lake tennis courts.