University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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annon 5r from omeone it of my taring a benight s Jacobs ■ j Katrina vers out another I year in the hall. If I have to [live in the hall], it will be fun because all my friends are there, she said. Pullen said the Department of Student Housing added new programming opportunities for the 2005-2006 school year. We want students to have as much choice and input in their living experience as possible. We encourage them to participate in Hall Council activities and in programming within the halls. The residence halls provide students with tutoring and other programs. Programs range from alcohol awareness and sexual assault defense to international cooking events. Tutoring is available for math, history, biology, Spanish, writing assistance and chemistry. We also have learning communities for biology, engineering, ROTC and honors, Pullen said. Reyena DeHenre, a sophomore biology major from Laurel, also lives in Martin Hall. She said the study sessions and Writing Center have been useful. She also participates in her hall ' s Canvas Night because she loves to paint. I like the atmosphere. My neighbors are right there. There are always new people to get to know, DeHenere said. After living in Crosby Hall as a freshman, DeHenere was surprised to discover a downside to her new home. Martin Hall does not have a kitchen. I have to go to a friend ' s apartment if I want to cook, but that does not happen too often. I didn ' t even know what a microwave dinner was until this semester, DeHenere said. DeHenere said she loved her freshman experience living in Crosby, where Resident Assistant ' s provided fun activities for the students. She said they gave the students opportunity to purchase Halloween and Christmas bags filled with candy that would be sent to their neighbors as a little I ' m thinking about you gift. Crosby Hall also had a great Scary Movie Night where students would gathered to eat pizza and hot wings while scaring themselves to death watching Dawn of the Dead, she said. Walker Agnew, a freshman real estate and finance major from Houston, Texas, said he really likes living on campus. I really enjoy dorm life because the sixth floor of Stockard Hall has some great guys, he said. Agnew said that the guys on his floor have found creative ways to have fun in the halls during study breaks and weekends. He said that he utilizes all that residence life has to offer. I ran for ASB senator out of Stockard Hall, and I use the math tutor for Business Calculus three days a week, he said. Agnew believes that its important to live in the halls, especially during freshman year. I have made so many friends through the dorm, Agnew said. - :- . ■ ' (left) Girls in Stewart Hall spend hours a day getting ready for swaps, parties and dates, (top right) Stockard Hall residents play video games, such as Halo, during their free time, (bottom right) The Martin Residence Hall showroom is decorated to give students an idea of their new room during Orientation sessions. Suzanne Payette iJULOlllIU 1 dVLLlV I have made so many friends through the dorm. - Walker Agnew Freshman from Houston, Texas Student Life 1 9

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Campus housing is a vital part of Ole Miss student life. On-campus living provides students with a home away from home. written by Crystel Cannon Almost every freshman student has one thing in common when they begin life at Ole Miss - they must live in one of the 13 residence halls located around campus. To make these students ' lives a little easier, Associate Director for Residence Life, Melinda Pullen, said the housing department continually strives to improve their services whether by enhancing the aesthetics of the buildings, improving the elevators and safety issues, offering significant leadership and programming opportunities or providing employment opportunities. She also pointed out that research has shown that students who live on campus have better grades, higher graduation rates and make better alumni. Pullen said 3,515 students currently live in the residence halls. Living on campus offers students the opportunity to learn from each other ' s differences, to learn to cooperate and experience people and points of view that they may have never had the opportunity to experience prior to living on campus, Pullen said. Joseph Warner II Most of my good friends are down the hall from me. - Ann Kirk Jacobs Freshman from Brookhaven, Miss. Ann Kirk Jacobs, a freshman international studies major from Brookhaven, lives in Martin Hall. Jacobs said she likes the fact she always has friends around 24 7. I ' m never bored, she said, adding that she always has someone close by to give her advice or an opinion about an outfit. Most of my good friends are down the hall form me. For Jacobs, a huge downside of on-campus living is sharing a bathroom with 40 people. People coming home at all hours of the night when she is trying to sleep, writing a paper or studying also makes Jacobs long for a more private living situation. Living in a space one-fourth the size of her old room has also been cause for adjustment. Still, despite some of the discomforts of residence hall life, Jacobs said the housing staff was extremely helpful after torrential rains of Hurricane Katrina flooded her room on August 29. We had to pull up the carpet and move the chest of drawers out from the window, she said. If required for her sorority, Jacobs said she would spend another year j ' . exp act pi del liw (left) Stockard residents gather for an impromptu guitar concert during a study break. (top right) Stockard Hall showroom allows male students to view their new homes. (bottom right) Move-In is a big production for incoming freshmen. 1 8 Student Life

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