Chown Hall, arguably one of the nicest residences on campus
Recently one of our readers, Sarah, shared this amazing post about Chown Hall. Read on, for the inside scoop on the poshest residence on campus:
If you’re living in Chown, you’re in for a treat. Sure there are going to be guys that you meet in frosh week who give you the dumb-founded “you live with all girls?!” look every now and then, but you can smile sweetly to yourself because your rez has a lot more perks than theirs.
It’s true about the bathrooms: 2 showers in each wing, with 6 wings per floor means no line-ups for the bathroom on Friday nights. The front spiral staircase is the perfect place for pictures and for Cinderella-like dates. The whole building was also recently renovated so say goodbye to ugly 70s decor and hello to awesome insulation. There’s a full laundry room with cable TV in the basement, good for studying, and expressing your deepset Grey’s addiction. There’s even an activity room with a pool table and a piano. The Music Department also has practice rooms in the basement that you can get a key to.
My favourite part of Chown though was cooking. There’s an oven on the first floor, and in winter there’s always a yummy scent wafting throughout the building. There are also stoves in each wing and at least one microwave per floor, giving you a bunch of options for late night snacks and Sunday night dinners without having to leave the warm comfort of your floor to trek up the hill to the Lazy Scholar. It’s also a really good idea to bring or buy small pots and pans and your own dish detergent.
Feeling safe in your home away from home is important, and there’s an unspoken code in Chown that you don’t let random people into the building. Unlike other residences where each floor is locked, the spiral staircase that connects each floor is really open, so it’s easy to go visit a friend or study buddy from a different floor.
Living in any residence is what you make of it. There are tons of opportunities in frosh week and classes to meet and befriend guys (and girls) from other rezzes. Remember that no matter where you live, everybody else on your floor is likely as nervous about moving in as you are, so you’ll know where to go to find someone to talk to.
Make sure to close your curtains though when you come out of the shower if you live on the South side of your floor, because you never know who’s going to be in the 3rd floor study room in Leggett!
~Sarah
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So in any of the residences at Queens would you get a bathroom in your own room?