A Big Change: Life in Dorms
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Text by Bethany Wojtanowicz
Featuring double and triple dorm rooms, Terry Hall consists of 11 floors and houses over 680 students.– UW Food and Housing
“It is definitely an experience. I shared a room at home with my little sister but it was nothing like this. 18-year-olds are a lot different than 9-year-olds.” – Autumn Peterson, Terry Hall resident
Whether they are challenging their roommates to a sweat-breaking game of ping-pong, logging on to Skype to chat with friends from home or walking to Red Robin for a friends’ birthday dinner, it’s a wonder that residents of Terry Hall have any time for school work. To residents Autumn Peterson and Penny Outhichamphone, college has presented many lessons outside of the lecture hall.
“I mean, I’m partially to blame for it, when the trash isn’t taken out and there’s like fresh fruits and vegetables in there and the fruit flies start coming. Oh my goodness,” says Autumn Peterson. Apart from the technicalities of housekeeping, dorm life offers up relational lessons also.
The general consensus is that it was not easy sharing such a small space with another person. Although Autumn Peterson shared a room at home with her sister, she says, “18-year-olds are definitely a lot different than 9-year-olds,” and that the double rooms in Terry Hall gets a little cramped.
Eventually, the students work out the kinks of living in the residence halls as the dorms start to feel like a home away from home.
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