 Hey everyone, I'm Lachey Hall and I'll be giving you a live tour of Holcombe Hall today. Behind the camera we have Hi guys, I'm Emily. I'm a marketing intern for housing and Please go ahead and tell us where you're where you're tuning in from You want to show us the different places around? Okay, so I think that Holcombe is in one of the greatest spots on campus across the street We have the Pot Walker health center where you guys can go ahead and get any health checkups Any like diet advice things like that We also are pretty close to the Walmart on campus Which is where you can go ahead and Make any small approaches that you don't want to have to drive all the way to like the neighborhood market or Walmart on MLK Walmart on campus has a lot of variety and a lot of options that people don't necessarily think A campus Walmart would have but you can basically find anything you need in there We're also pretty close to the bookstore. It's right across the street for you know buying textbooks School supplies things like that and we're pretty close to the Union which has you know, the best food court Apart from you know our dining halls, which we are also close to We're across the street from Fulbright dining hall, which is my favorite place to eat But I may just be biased So do you guys want to come on in? Yes Holcombe Hall like many of the dorms are very secure During day hours office hours when the desk is stopped the front doors are open But right now because there is no official university representative at the front door It's locked and only students or employees with access can enter Good, how are you pretty good? My name is Natalia. I am the CRE for Holcombe and Future Halls So if you're gonna be living in Holcombe next year and you didn't know we do a lot of stuff with the two buildings together So you'll hear two halls one community pretty frequently That's something that we really look pride ourselves on and having y'all comfortable in both spaces So we'll talk more about what that looks like a little bit later But this is my office. So if you ever see the door open and I'm in here, please feel free to stop by Don't what you don't be scared of me I'm not scary a promise like if you ever have any questions or you need anything Definitely feel free to stop by your aries are here too For you to ask them any questions as well. And then this is Shamsa. Hi. Oh, my name is Shamsa I'm the G for Holcombe international student experience. If you're an international student feel free to come to me Have a lot of experience in that and my office is right there if it's open I'm always there come to me. Oh your concerns Beautiful. So we are just gonna walk through the building. We don't have your keys because I don't have mine So we're gonna head over this way Something that's pretty nice is on the entire first floor polka. There are actually no residents that live on this floor And so there's just a lot of common areas and spaces for you to hang out do whatever you want to do It's pretty nice. That was an exaggeration. Don't do whatever. There are some limitations Right for example here, this is a study area. So during the year we like to keep this kind of as a 24-hour quiet space For residents to use as you can see there are two rooms within here that you can close off So let's say maybe you have an interview coming up Or you have like a group project that you need to work on feel free to go in to one of those rooms and shut the door If the door shut people know not to go inside because there's somebody in there, which is nice But there's a bunch of different Seating areas and things like that in here that you can use to do any setting that you've got Shade you ever spending time in here? I have actually My greatest memory in here I think there was a student that was doing that had an international class and they were doing like surveys for the International students and you know whole come is normally like 40 to 60 percent international students So I remember they had us all like they had access if we wanted to be a part of this survey And they have us all like come into the room and they would have us full out and ask questions It was a really cool experience So I like to study rooms personally. I like to study alone So I like the individual rooms where I could just shut the world out and try to like focus But I also like like the group dynamic We also use this for a lot of like game nights and just like hanging out and eating junk food stuff like that Yeah, it's nice because I don't know I feel like in some halls spaces like this aren't used very frequently But you're always gonna find people in this space, which is super nice and that goes to say for just about every common area There's always someone. Yeah, I think you got a shout out Lashay. Yeah Geisha Miller And then earlier someone said that's my niece Oh So we're gonna head back towards the lobby over here Something to know is that the front door polkum and sorry if this was already said the front door polkum is unlocked every Day during the week eight to five because we have the ISS office here and we'll talk more about them in a little bit Which is why these areas off of the lobby you need to key into So definitely make sure that you don't forget your keys or at the very least don't forget your fob Because if you get out here, you're not getting anywhere else But moving on so this is a small little kitchenette That is here for y'all to use if you need it as you can see it doesn't have a stove or anything But there is a microwave and a fridge for you to use Keep in mind. We also share this space with the ISS office. So sometimes you might See that the fridge is pretty full. Usually it only be full for like a day or two. Yeah, because they're gonna be using it soon But this is a nice convenient space as well for you Yeah, and Holcomb has like it's I think Holcomb homes about a hundred and forty students So it may seem like there's not enough space But the way that I remember us like packaging and labeling this was mine like this is mine You can store your food if you want to like have something in the fridge like milk for your cereal I know I surely always had milk in one of these fridges because cereal is my life So just don't be afraid I know some people are afraid to like store their stuff where like anybody in Holcomb could have access to it But I never really had an issue with like people eating my food or anything like that So it's pretty safe. Yeah, and this is my third year in this community and same thing I mean, we've never had an issue of people stealing food or anything like that So wouldn't be too worried, but also if you don't want your stuff around other people stuff keep in your yep Totally get it keep it in your room. You can get a micro fridge to keep in your room, which is nice, too Someone asked about when we were going to do the Maple Hill tour and guess what Maple Hill jumped on in their Instagram account and answered the question Thank you. They also said Talia you're doing amazing sweetie. I Not sure who said that but I appreciate you So this is honestly one of my favorite spaces, I'm probably gonna say that for every space We go into this building But this is one of my favorite spaces in Holcomb because we have a beautiful piano that residents use honestly all the time and For reference my office is just right across the hallway over there where you met me so I get to hear it Well, I feel like if somebody's playing the piano here, it's a very public space. So usually they're quite talented Because if somebody isn't they get a little nervous, which honestly full-send use it no matter what your school Moving over here though. This is what we call the Holcomb living room Um something in both Holcomb and Futural that we try to really embody as Housing staff members is that this is your home. I mean, you know, you might only be living here for a year You might recontract and come back again later But regardless of how long you're here for the time that you're living here This is your home away from home and we really want it to feel like that So calling this a living room makes a little bit more personable makes a little bit more welcoming and with this being More like 40 to 60 percent international students This is also the room that we hold the global series Which is like we do events on certain nights Where specific country and like the students here that represent that country get to like give a presentation about their country they talk about foods Dancing like the culture and we normally like move the furniture and we set chairs out You just get to come watch enjoy and learn about the cultures that are around here and you're an international student too Is that right? I am from the Bahamas shout out to the 242 Did you ever do any presentation on the Bahamas? Yes, the Bahamas did have a presentation that I was a part of we made them some good food We talked about like the fly colors and things like that I think I also went to two other series There was a series for Grenada and my roommate was Panamanian So I helped her with her series when they did one on Panama A lot of good food in here. Yeah. Oh, yeah Especially when we get to showing y'all the kitchen downstairs, there's always people cooking nine times out of ten They'll ask you if you want to try it But it's great, I think the only thing that I would add about global series We met Shemsa earlier and she's gonna be the one that is in charge of all of the global series events and so she will be your go-to person for that and Also, if you are a domestic student that has studied abroad, you're welcome to present for global series as well Really anybody who has that international experience. We want to get more involved in in our community with which is really nice Yeah, this entire space will look completely different whenever we have global series themed events here Mm-hmm. I know whole come and future old the RAs normally plan events Based on any themes that they picked. I might want to one about self care Well, they just had us like Because the floors are gendered So I know the girls floors from whole come and future came together here We just talked about like what made us feel like, you know Beautiful and then we did like spa treatments. We did each other's like fingernails toenails. That's cute Yeah, yeah, we do a wide variety of things. We've done stuff like that We've had mini golf in the hallways that we set up with various like stations and stuff I'm going to bed. There's some people in housing that are crunching at that. They're tiny kids golf clubs. Not real They're all all plastic So over here, we are moving Towards our front desk if you look over this way, that is where the front door is just to keep you all oriented You can see my office at the end Our front desk is not staffed 24-7 and so we have something called a zoned desk Which means that during business hours. So 8 to 4 30 is If you need mail, so let's say packages or if you walk yourself out and you need to get a loner key You're actually going to go across the street to Northwest quad over in Morgan Hall That's where you're going to pick up your mail. That's where you're going to get your keys and all of that stuff There will be somebody at this desk starting at 4 p.m. On Hours vary depending on what day of the week it is. We'll have a sign up so you can see that But we'll have areas here. So if you have any questions or you know, just want to start by and chat like please do so But you'll see during the day like right now. No, there's nobody here. I will also say Personally for me I was someone who always have a hot a habit of locking myself out My room when it was time to like go to the community bathroom So you can also just call your floor RA each floor has two RAs I think except for the basement, which is where I lived and we only had one So I normally would just call my RA and be like, hey, can you help me? Can you let me in? So I would like to say don't panic if you're like, well, what if I get locked out in the bathroom? Do I have to cross the street in broad daylight to get Let back in there are like other ways but mostly For lockouts and things like that in the event that you aren't like, you know in the bathroom You can go across the court and miss Christie is there. She's always she's amazing. She's willing to help Yeah, and it's nice because you know your RA for your specific floor isn't always gonna be around They're not always gonna be there to help you. I mean, they're not full-time, you know living professionals exactly So we have an RA on duty and so if you end up locking yourself out can't get a hold of your RA or whatever Honestly, your best bet is gonna be just calling the RA on duty number Because they'll have it and they'll be able to let you in So we're gonna move over this way And like I mentioned before this is still a part of the space where Anybody can walk into you during business hours. You don't need to fall into this area if you look over here There are some honestly very pretty mailboxes They're just for show. Don't try and open them when you're getting your mail There are nowhere near enough mailboxes for the male residents that are in this building I think this would also be a good time to mention that your mailing address is different than your Leaving address because we get mail picked up at the court. And so the mailing address for whole com residence is 11 06 West Maple Street. Yep, that is my memory. Yeah, I'm so impressed You'll also be able to see that on your housing portal as well same place where you can check like your mail plan and all that good stuff This right here is Shemsa's office as she mentioned before So when RA's come you will see it full of door decks with her name on it and all that good stuff We do have an elevator in Holcomb, which is super convenient, especially for moving And we moving in in August. It's gonna be hot This will make us so you don't have to climb so many points upstairs. Sorry to our future folks because there's not an elevator in there It is also full So yes, even though everybody has access to the elevator you cannot get to residence floors without like access Which is beautiful. Yeah. Yeah, so again, make sure you always have your fob on you otherwise you'll get locked out Um, but yeah, so the elevator is right here to my left Pretty close to the front desk. We have a staircase right here that takes us up to The second third floor is also down to the basement and then right behind me is where you can see the ISS office they It's it's dark right now But for those who don't know the ISS office is our office of international students and scholars And so they have a ton of events that they do they do orientations for our international students I mean, honestly, the list just goes on and on for everything that they do We can have a whole you art life just for their office, but everyone is super nice So even if you're not an international student, don't be scared to go in and they just be like, yeah And they're like, what's up? Like what what are you doing? They'll also have events in the living room, which is super fun Um, it's one of the great yeah with food It's one of the great things about our community because we just have a lot of different people with lived experiences That participate in stuff here, which is nice And I will also point out that the university has a food pantry where you can fill out a form online If you're ever in need of groceries that you just can't afford to get for yourself at the moment And holcomb just happens to be one of the express stops So what you do you just fill out a form online giving them like a general idea of the things that you need And on whichever day comes first Tuesday or Friday You will find a bag of food here with your name on it. If you're ever in need Yeah, it's my service down. Yeah, it's cool. So the vac does that and we also have a smart my say small small like a small Uh food pantry behind the building as well It's outside and that's just kind of a grab-and-go type of thing And so if you ever are looking they're usually all um, what's the word non-perishables? Yeah, I can type things so you can stop by there and see what they've got Um, or I was just gonna say that yeah, if you ever like, you know, I bought Six boxes of pasta. Why? Why do I have six you're welcome to put one in there too, which is nice We want you to be able to focus on your academics That grumbles in your stomach Actually, we're going downstairs first. Yes. So well head downstairs that way you can see The spaces that are available there So even though I can walk backwards down the hallway and doing it downstairs. It's not a skill that I have We can also point out that the doors there are doors that give you access from behind All come that are also fault So if you if you are coming from the back entrance or the front the front door is not the only place that you are allowed So we'll go over this way first and show y'all where the laundry room is um Something that's nice about all of the residence halls On campus is that laundry is free for you to use We also have an ice machine down here. You can find recycling down here as well We try to maintain a sustainable living area So recycling is super important to us. The vending machine is usually filled Yes, right now the vending machines are empty because there's been nobody here But the one on the left will have snacks and one on the right will have drinks And that's available for you as well to pay with cash Also the laundry so I feel like a lot of students don't understand how this is used But I typically love the laundry app. So basically You look at the number on the washer or dryer that you're using And the app will tell you how much time is left on it And so I know a big thing in college is if you leave your laundry in the dryer or wash it too long Somebody will come and take it out because they need to use it So that way I could have always like alert let it alert me when my dryer was done Or I could just look and see oh my dryer has like three more minutes So I should probably head down there. It just helped me keep better track of like what was going on with my laundry Yeah, and something I will say too is that It's it happens every year somebody just completely forgets that they are doing laundry And so they leave it here for like days Um, we have our ISAs who are our custodial staff collect that they bag it say when they collected it And it actually comes to me and so I hold on to it for a week So if your laundry goes missing talk to your RA talk to me. Yeah, don't panic Um, because likely you forgot it. We collected it But if you don't come and pick it up for two weeks, then we end up donating it because the thought is that if you're If you're not missing it after two weeks you're not going to and we're not just going to store it forever in the hall But we will go over this way so The basement is unique compared to the second and third floors because there are only resident rooms in a portion of the basement Um a large area of the basement is actually reserved for another common area It's also where we have the kitchen that you will see Something I'm going to point out is that right here that dark room Um, that is the trash room and so for the other floors, which we'll point out when we get up there There's a trash shoot. So you can just send your trash down that for residents living in the basement. Just walk it over there Um, that'll be a little bit easier to worry about. Yeah, I don't know how you do walking backwards You know, I knew that the stairs were coming up. So I was a little nervous now for my favorite room Yeah, all the whole room. So we have this Pretty large communal area, which is nice. It has a pool table ping pong A bunch of seating and then we have a tv over here That y'all are welcome to use you can also connect your laptop to it with an hdmi So if you have something on your laptop that you want to watch totally up to you But you will always find people here. Yes of all hours of all days I have about 75% of my memories are like smash tournaments at like 3 a.m. In this basement We love what's a smash tournament? Um the switch game. Um, nintendo games smash smash bros We would all like just have tournaments like once you lost you were out And the next person came and then who was the winner at the end just was like The basement king. Do you do you choose a specific? Smash bro. Yeah. No, so there's like a bunch of nintendo like characters that you choose from my favorite was lucario, obviously He's amazing. I will also tell y'all. I remember like it was it's a group of like 16 of us We were always together and always in the basement and we called this the king chair And it was whoever got to the basement first in the evenings got to like claim the king chair But then you would be scared to move because the minute that you moved someone else take it We'll claim the king chair. Isn't isn't king chair also known as a throne The king chair seems fancier to me to call it I like it. I like it But it's great because everybody you know makes your own memories in the basement has different reasons of why they really like it I mentioned this earlier, but we have our kitchen down here And this is one of my favorite parts of the basement is the kitchen so in here We have a full refrigerator. We have a stove oven microwave all of that good stuff Actually, something that I forgot to mention when we were upstairs Is that if you ever need to reserve like cooking utensils Or supplies you can go to the front desk and ask for those so we have and let me specify We have a lot of the basics right like mixing bowls cooking sheets pots and pans that kind of thing But it's on first come first serve basis. So if somebody's already checked it out Or you're just gonna have to wait until they're done So if you're somebody who likes to cook a lot, you know, you like to cook your own meals I recommend, you know consider bringing some of your own stuff Exactly and also if you have like specific things that you like to use We're not gonna have those so consider bringing your own But it's nice too because it has this little pass through right here And so there will be people in here cooking and their friends waiting Waiting for the food to be done. Yeah, that was the part. I was a part of the waiting to eat You're like, I am ready And it's so nice because you know, I would always walk by and you can just smell it Like the food always smells so good. So I would I could be like up in one of the steriles We're like, okay someone's cooking. I'm gonna go figure out what it is It's super fun. Um, oftentimes when we have our global series events too, like before the event because they Whoever the presenter is shares a traditional dish from their home. Um, they'll cook some of the food down here too, which is really nice So we will head back upstairs Um, there are water bottle filler stations. Gosh, that was hard for me to say on every floor. Um Some of them have like the Like the standy upy kind I that was the least technical term in the world The where you can just uh, yeah, yep, that's it the bottle filler Standy upy standy upy kind, you know, I stand by that. I think that's what it should be called Others are just draining fountains. It just kind of depends on where you're at But they're located all throughout the building, which is nice So something that I wanted to say Is as we're going up this staircase You will see a parking lot right here. Don't park there Do not if you this is a staff lot and if you park in this lot They might be nice and give you a morning the first time or you can get booty Yep, or they'll ticket you especially if it's a game day. This turns into tailgating spaces That's a hefty ticket. Sometimes I'll tell you just avoid this lot. Just don't don't do it There's a resident reserve lot on the other side of the building. This is the east side of the building. Yes That's the north side of the building And we're also next door to a parking garage. So just just save yourself That handy I had a friend who bought booty and It's a bummer. It was unfortunate for her. It was hilarious for me Yeah, you have a lot of parking options. It's not that We're getting through Yeah What are you, uh, what are you studying? I am studying chemical engineering. Oh, okay My unbiased opinion the best kind of engineering Now we're on the second floor In Holcomb the second floor is our male floor The third floor is female and the basement is female as well Um, we have a community style building Which means that you share a bathroom with the other residents on your floor So we have showers over here. Emily's going to show you what these showers typically look like They have separate changing area and showering area There are shelves where you can put your stuff on Do you like me to turn it on? No Full scent fully clothed all of it Then we have all of these things over here and there's a lot of counter space The mirror space is beautiful. Very nice So this is what all of the bathrooms look like on the floors. Um There's one on this side and there's going to be one on the other side as well for the second third floors Like I mentioned earlier, the basement is different. There are not as many residents on there So there's just one bathroom for everybody down there But the basement also does have two individual bathrooms on the other side instead of a community bathroom I think there's one male and one female. Yep, and it's also handicap accessible on that side And something to note as well is Since this is the male floor if any of the guys have female guests that come to hang out They're welcome to do so but they can't use these bathrooms because they are community styles So we have those two separate bathrooms down the basement and then also on the first floor in that lobby area There are three All gender restrooms as well that guests can use So Yeah, here's a here's a here's a water fountain that doesn't have the standy up each day Right now we're going to show you what a typical double room room. Are we at 209 So whoever's into a 90 person is living here and they're like, this is my dream. I know How did you be surprised off that happens? That's too funny. So What's nice is that every piece of furniture in this room is movable So you can customize it make it what you want the things that are not are the closets Um So in the closets you can hang stuff up something to know Is that there's a mirror? Yes every single closet in the resident rooms has a full-length mirror So if you're going to be living in Holcomb Don't bring a full-length mirror because there's going to be two if you you know are in a double You have a roommate if you're in a single well, there's just going to be the one for yours Um, but yeah, it has a mirror. So don't throw up on me. So you won't need it now if you want multiple that's fine That's your thing. Um, they're also over here on this side. There's some shelving as well That you can use I typically use the shelving for my shoes Yeah, and kept like the hiding space so i'm just like Shoes like shirts and then I put my pants on top to kind of like Yeah, okay with the aesthetic that my life is together And I'm ready for college like my closet is probably the most organized thing So I get it. Yeah, I totally get it. Um, but you also will each have your own dresser as well The beds are twin XL's which means that the mattress is 80 inches long um We also each resident in the rooms has a small night stand That has a drawer that locks So if you have some things Um that you don't want your roommate to have access to you can put them in here I would have yeah, I definitely had one. Um, I would advise getting a cold lock versus a key lock Because there was a point in time. Um in the semester where I lost like the key to my lock and that was the whole thing. But then I got like a Pin one where I just had to remember the pin and I just wrote it down someplace safe Um, because I know a lot of people they're like, oh, well, I already have a pot lock So they just bring one But then if you lose the key then your drawer is closed forever So I they're like three or four dollars at walmart They do sell them at the walmart on campus as well. So it's pretty easy to get one Yeah, and um one other thing that I wanted to mention. Sorry. I keep bringing you on circles Um, you can use this storage up here As you can tell I'm I'm five six and a half And there's no way I can reach that Yeah, it's just nothing Oftentimes residents will use that to just like put suitcases up there and things up to you You can also hang your outfit for the next day off of it, which is what I often did Act like you have your life together. Yeah, you act like it's true One last thing the map of all the doors have towel wraps on them as well. So you can Have that available Yeah, do we have any questions about the room? No, but guys feel free to ask any questions you guys have about Dimensions or anything in the room? No, this is usually the part of the tour Most questions so I've been like psyching myself up for it Why don't we do an interior on the drawers because that's often the questions that gets asked People who watch the show even after Yes The interior of our drawers are 26 inches And then you mind getting both dimensions With I guess and The questions are coming in now. Okay. Yes. So 20 By 26. There we go. Rayna asks, can we get the measurements of the window? You're welcome to bring curtains to hang up. Just know that you can't put any holes You can't put any holes in the walls So make sure that you're using command hooks and things like that to hang things up 47 inches And then what about the one up and down? Yeah, up and down. Yeah, from a little bit probably For attention ride You go, let me see if I can hold this away slightly I think that should be fine. 78 inches Okay, not to the ceiling now, but to the inside I think they want to put attention right up there 65 inches There's not a lot of room there to put attention right Yeah Janine asks, what's the highest loftable height of the bed? Offhand we don't have that number unless you just happen to know it But if you go to movein.uark.edu the move in website then go to the page. It's ready to arrive You'll see lofting information and in that area you will find the maximum and the minimum And then you can know that it goes three inches You can go every three inches with that Yeah, and something just for a visual Sorry we don't have that specific number for you But you can, if you want to loft your bed higher than this that's totally an option You'll want to put in a work order for that and they bring another set of these and stabilize them And so it can go up to here so you can fit You can reasonably fit your desk underneath You know, I'll some people will bring futons Yeah, yeah, I mean it goes up pretty high as long as you're comfortable climbing the rails And then work order process is going to the website housing forward slash fix it fix it fix it And there our maintenance guy Jeff is just oh my gosh a gem of a human being If you ever see him he you'll hear him before you see him Men have so many keys on his belt loop. You hear him a mile away But if you ever run into him, definitely definitely say hi I mean he is so kind and he is always excited to make sure that y'all are comfortable in your room So that everything's working the way that it should be He does a great job with it. And so if you place that work order Um at housing.urf.edu slash fix it. He will be the one coming in to help out with it. Um, just know At the beginning of the year everybody Yes, everybody is putting in work orders. So it will probably take him a little bit to get to yours Um during the normal portions of the year Yeah, the turnaround is much quicker But since you know, we have hundreds of students moving in at the same time because he's the maintenance man for Holcomb and Futural Um, he's got a lot going on. So just just have some patience have some grace with him, but It's definitely an option for you to waft it I would also say like a trick for me as a student because I know a lot of times we give like Oh go to urf.edu forward slash back would slash this this that I normally just put like you arc and then whatever i'm looking for 10 out of 10 times the first link will give you what you need So like anytime I can't remember how to get to the maintenance request I just put you arc maintenance request and like it's literally most of time the first link So that's the trick. I just put you arc before a word and that's how I find your google powers are strong Honestly, google is your best friend like I said before this is gonna be my third year in this community And I still google things because there are just so many websites where you can find info Um, Emily is there another question? Yeah, someone asked does the closet lock? Yes So you can see um, it's actually a deadbolt that it walks with that's right here. Um, but the key You have a specific key for it. So you can lock your things in there as well How big are the locked drawers? Yes, this is a joke for me You got the measuring skills. I do Okay, so we got 20 long and 14 across And someone asked what are the size of the shelves in the closet? Oh, why don't we find that? So it's nine deep 27 across There are also a lot of slant Which is why I normally use them for shoes. So just be aware of that Because if something's too heavy and you put it at the top it may just like slide off Uh, Janine asked what's the height of the dresser? Will it fit the dresser underneath? Have you put the bed to the highest loft currently or maybe even the second one? Yes, yeah dressers can fit a little bit Can confirm. Yeah, do you want to measure what the actual height is? Yes Yeah, like she said If you locked it all the way to the top on this Like bed frame It'll fit underneath. You don't need to request that second one up above that is 30 inches So 30 inches tall and with what's nice about these bed frames is that it's easy for you to move them Like move the height yourself The only time you really need to put in that work order is if you want it to go higher than this Then pretty much just it's just a hook So if it's not if it's hard to just pull it off What I normally do is flip it upside down and kick it down Because that way gravity helps you Some people put it in so like they're like, I don't want this to move for the next six years Well, something that I recommend too is have your roommate help you or have a friend help you Um, that makes it far easier. So hopefully you won't have to get in We also have like rubber mallets and stuff that you can check out from the front desk That'll make it easier for you But you literally just have to lift this up and it will unhook it and then you can just adjust it from there Someone asked what's the rule on using pins and tacks to hang things? So if you have a cork board, you can use pins and tacks, whatever you want, but Every don't make holes in the walls. Yeah, that is kind of the baseline rule Painter's tape is your best for it. Yes, like blue tape painter's tape is great command hooks command strips fantastic What we do before everybody shows up is we do an evaluation of the room What state is it in are the holes in the walls already? So we take note of all that for every single room in the halls and then when the student moves out They go back through and say, okay. Is there anything that's different? So if you put, you know holes in the walls with nails or pushpins or thumb tacks That's going to be noted and you can be charged for it. So just avoid avoid the hassle avoid the bummer of needing To pay the maintenance fee and just use command hooks And someone asked are the r.a rooms identical? No r.a's um They have single rooms and so it's big enough for one set of furniture to fit into it Their closet is a little bit larger and they actually get their own bathrooms And so if it is an r.a. That is asking this question You have my phone number text me and I can walk through it with you at a different time And one more question til we're caught up. Would you recommend a mattress topper for these types of beds? Yes Now I will say honestly It's not like death defined to your back But I would say like in college you're going to be up some hours just like studying If you work while you're at school things like that like I do You want to come home and lay upon a cloud of comfort and like a hug And a full mattress topper is like talk to you I Will say though hack I just bought like two comforters and put one under me and one on top of me and that was perfect Yeah, and I will say like the beds. They're not uncomfortable. They're dark. They're pretty cushy Yeah, they're just not going to be as comfortable as probably the bed that you have at home You know so having the the foam topper is nice and a lot of residents get found them So and if you buy because like I said before these are twin excel beds If you buy twin excel sheets, it'll still fit with a mattress topper on it as well And if you're anything like me and you prefer soft beds, I invested in a two and a half inch um mattress topper and It was like I was sleeping on a cloud so Yep, I think usually the go-to for residents is anywhere from one to two inch mattress toppers Emily's a little a little more delicate and needed that extra half an inch But yeah, but those are all the questions we have Okay, I wish I could you have any Thoughts for our incoming First-year students and you've been here a while you Got any hacks for us? I would say well first of all I would say congrats for being accepted because this was definitely like I was telling them Early like this was one of the greatest choices I feel When I decided to come here as a university it Was it I didn't have much expectations But like it was I got so much more out of the u of a like I got community I got friends literally The friends that I've met at holcomb. We just went for lunch like before this So like I made friends for life living in this dorm And like like you guys can see when I go into the basement like those memories still like Hug me and like remind me of like my freshman year of college I would just say a hot don't stay in your room Um, I like wasted the first month of university Um in my room. I'm a sleeper So I use every opportunity to take a nap And now I'm the person that like does live tours and I'm like, oh, I have an owl free. What can I do? How can I go outside? How can I like be a part of something? So don't be afraid to just jump into something find out if you like it find out if you don't It's okay to not like something, but it's not okay not to try That's that's what I was wow. That was beautiful That's inspiring. We've got a couple more questions now. Um, how many electrical outlets are in the room? Oh gosh I would say good questions. There's one more on each side. There's one here There's typically eight to ten, but I'm not sure about this room. There's one here Let's see. I think there's two on each side so full In my if I remember correctly So on these walls, there's two and then on these there's going to be three and then there's one on the other side Yeah, so three five six seven eight No, two three three five seven Good one Math was not my degree. I was not a chemical engineering major And someone else asked do the rooms in the basement look just like these? Yes, I actually lived in the basement I'm going to tell you our rooms are better Just because it's the basement now we have a really big room to hang out with So live in the basement kind of really big room. She means that community area The actual rooms that residents stay in are going to be the exact same. They all look the same here The only other thing that I wanted to mention too is I know coming to college can be really stressful Especially if you've never moved away from home before We do a ton of events in our community So that way you can meet other people in the residence hall that you live in But also like I said before we are a community with Futural and so that way you can meet residents from the other building too Um, we have global series here. We have, you know, you're there's going to be floor programs that your aria puts on for your floor Specifically, but we also have all hall events and all hall events are events where anybody in that community Is welcome and can go to it and those are typically actually in Futural hall That way you all can become comfortable going between the two buildings and getting to know everybody And so if you're curious about where those are what future looks like definitely check out The uark live that we did for Futural we did that last week. So it should already be up on the website Yep Up on the website. So you can see it there and see, you know, lots of food lots of prizes Those are the things that got me to go anywhere my freshman year of free food and prizes The university is like top tier and like a man prizes You guys are really good at it. Honestly, I'm a full-time professional and I'm so motivated by food and prizes So I don't think that have changes Um, but we also, you know, it's easy to do things in your community It can be harder to get out of the building and off campus Um, but your arias are here to help with that And so especially, you know, you're moving in about 10 days ish before classes actually start There's gonna be a ton of events going on your arias are constantly be like, hey, there's this thing that's happening Across campus. I'm going come with me. You know, like Like I said, like take advantage My hulk of arias honestly just graduated last semester and Literally after I moved off campus me still went hang out and like I missed her so much She like made the difference of like my first She was the one that realized I was always in my room taking knobs and was like You're coming with me to this event And look at me now just in all of you, but so it's so fun. And I will say I think too Before you come to college The only real experience you have is what you see on tv And the arias and the series or hall directors are portrayed as being scary As being mean as like they're out to get you We're not like that. I promise like we want you to feel comfortable We want you to feel like you belong here because I mean you do, right? Um, and so they're here to be your friends Like yes, we have policies that we need to uphold for housing and we're going to because that's our job It's to keep you safe We aren't wardens. No, exactly. We're not we're not wardens. You know, we're we're here to have a good time Just like you all are so don't don't be afraid to hang out with them or if they put in the group me like Hey, I'm gonna go to dinner. Who wants to come like these go have a good time because they're gonna know a lot about campus I mean, whether it's about events or buildings classes Exactly like academic study tips like all of us like they've lived it They've gone through it just like you're going to be doing so they're gonna be really good resource for you And we have one last question as someone asked if we are going to be seeing a single room Could we describe? Is it is it much different than this? It's not much different. Basically the difference is it's going to cut off about right here Yep, so it's a little bit smaller than these rooms just has one set of furniture just has one closet in it Um, other than that though, it's the exact same and lache your mom said If there are moms on as a mom, I felt extremely comfortable leaving lache at hokum hall You can be assured that your young adult is in a great environment. Yes She did my mom came with me Um, and I remember when um, my housing portal opened and said well, you're living in hokum and I went to pick up my keys And actually she was so excited. She was like, I'm gonna help her decorate But then my ocd kicked in and I was like, I've got to get out It's like I've got this But yeah, um She loved it. I loved it Clearly, I'm still here. So we still she's here online. So we still love it Well, do you want to tell us about the initiative that the student affairs is doing? Yes So we actually have something I see we I mean the division of student affairs has something called pick one Um, I definitely recommend taking advantage of this the idea behind it is that a bunch of offices and departments across campus have um Either an event or organization that you can be a part of and so the goal is before you come to campus You've picked one thing that you want to learn more about that you want to get involved in that way You can start kind of your university of Arkansas story before you even step foot on campus. Um It'll honestly it'll help you feel more comfortable because you're like, all right Here's at least one thing that I know what this is. I know that there are other people who are doing it too Um, which can make the entire process a little bit easier Yeah, and I think that's about it. So if there are no other questions I mean, thanks so much for tuning in y'all really appreciate it And if you have any questions, I mean feel free to call the housing office and they'll they'll put you in touch with the right people Yeah, but and if you want to see more dorms and more told us just check us on live tomorrow Bye y'all