Northern Illinois University - Norther Yearbook (DeKalb, IL)

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l i l DGRMITORIES w 'AV 5 , VVAA ggi, ffyrf Looking up aT The dorms, a casual observer can see nofhing of The close relaTionship ThaT develops wiThin. From The day Thaf school opens, The rooms in The Twelve residence halls on and off campus quickly begin To acquire The characTer of Their new inhabiTanTs. Soon afTer The arrival of The occupanTs, The cold, gray walls of The dorms Take on life and color. PosTers are hung and windows decorafed as each sTudenT aTTempTs To person- alize his new home, Names on doors quickly loecome familiar faces and sTrangers Turn inTo new friends. Each residence hall has iTs own personaliTy. The four off-campus dorms - McAuley, Universify Plaza, Farwell and STudenT House, each puT ouT special efforTs To give The mosT To Their residenTs. AfTer a long day of lisTening To lecTures and Taking exams, Plaza residenTs can relax aT Their privaTe pool. lT's a greaf way To release Ten- sion and geT some exercise. Farwell's bus service saves iTs residenTs from The long walks To campus each day. Two Mercy nuns, Sis- Ters Jeanine and Evelyn, run McAuley Residence Hall and offer Their sTudenTs a smaller capaciTy, a homey seTTing and privacy. They work wiTh The independenTs To provide recreaTional and social evenTs for The girls ThaT live There. A close-kniT group forms aT STudenT House as privaTe parTies come inTo full swing. Granf and STevenson Towers, marking The siTe of NlU To The disTanT Traveler, Take Their sTand on The edge of The campus. The residenTs of Sfevenson NorTh feel so much ouT in The counTry ThaT They nicknamed Their Tower The Cornfield HilTon. Though The Towers seem To be sfuck ouT in The middle of corn counTry, They are no more ouT of Tune wiTh campus acTiviTies Than Those dorms locafed across from The UniversiTy CenTer. GranT NorTh offers iTs residenTs a living and learning program ThaT enables iTs residenTs To aTTend classes wiThouT leaving Their dorm. You really appreciaTe whaT The dorm does for you, especially when The campus is snowed in and you know ThaT you don'T have To go any- where oufside of The dorm for class.

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STevenson NorTh publishes a paper ThaT oTTers iTs residenTs an ouTleT Tor Their creaTive TalenTs, and keeps Them inTormed oT imporTcinT evenTs and policy changes. STevenson has Nouvelle Orleans, a replica oT The New Orleans French OuarTer. In GranT's lower level, you'll Tind a biT of The surrounding Tarm counTry aTmosphere aT The Barn. NepTune has recenTly insTalled a Tireplace and re- decoraTed iTs lounge To make The Nordic Room a pleas- and place To siT and rap beTween sTudy sessions. GilberT, once dubbed The Animal Farm in honor of iTs male oc- cupanTs, has proved To be a greaT place Tor women resi- denTs. The large rooms are greaT, and we geT inviTed To mixers wiTh The guys in oTher dorms, so our social life isn'T as bad as you mighT Think. The spiriT here is greaT - everyone is so involved in all oT The campus acTiviTies, said a coed living in Lincoln. A Douglas residenT admiTs, The Tood here isn'T always The besT, buT Then ThaT's The same Tor all dorms. IT we have any gripes, There's always someone To lisTen To us, and we all have a voTe on whaT goes on in The dorm. As each dorm sTrives To be The besT, organiza- Tions Torm and work wiTh The sTudenTs and adminisTra- Tors To assure The besT in living condiTions, recreaTional acTiviTies and counseling services. Each dorm esTablishes and mans commiTTees To serve sTudenTs. The commiTTee members of each dorm have The re- sponsibiliTy oT hearing Their peers' complainTs, presenT- ing Them To adminisTraTive oTTicials, and Tinding ci soluTion. The dorm council represenTs each dorm resi- denT. This is The commiTTee ThaT seTs The policies Tor each individual hall. The TirsT issue dealT wiTh This semesTer was The revision oT visiTaTion hours approved by Presi- denT SmiTh. Each dorm Tormed iTs own policy from The suggesTed hours. OTher gripes ThaT Tind Their way before commiTTee meeTings are poor Tood and lack oT saTis- TacTory TaciliTies. ResidenTs having complainTs abouT The Tood or The number oT OuT of Order washing machines can reporT Them To Their represenTaTives in The dorm council, who bring up The problems aT Their meeTings. Food servicees aTTempTs To give dorm residenTs va- rieTy in Their meals. Tacos, lasagne and good old hoT dogs all appear on dorm menus. Special Tormal dinners are planned beTween members of broTher and sisTer Tloors in The coed halls. Home TooTball games mean TooT-long hoT dogs and Huskieburgers. IT you wanT a parTy, The privaTe dining room can be reserved and Tood services will do The caTering. ResidenT Advisors and ResidenT AssisTanTs are al- ways willing To hear problems and oTTer advice. Schol- arships Tunded by money received Trom vending ma- chines are awarded To deserving sTudenTs wiTh 3.0 or beTTer grade poinT averages. A culTural commiTTee plans all dorm social evenTs. lT arranges Tor guesT speakers To Talk on Topics oT immediaTe inTeresT To sTudenTs, oTTer- ing Them The chance To obTain inTormaTion and broaden Their inTeresTs. This commiTTee brings TirsT-raTe movies To dorms aT low prices. The special evenTs commiTTee works To bring campus acTiviTies To The dorms. The sTudenT iudiciary commiTTee lisTens To complainTs broughT againsT Tellow residenTs who have broken dorm rules. Discipline is decided by The commiTTee, and all eTTorTs are Taken To undersTand, evaluaTe and work The problems our wiThin The dorm, TOP RIGHT: Sfudenrs work Togerher To help each orher get ahead. TOP LEFT AND ABOVE: Table Tennis and pool are iusT Two ways To break The monoTony oT sTudying. RIGHT: An extra minuTe puT To good use.