 So, we're joining us in the quads today, houses about 600 students, 77% of that is freshmen. And here we are, I guess this is the central area outside, we've got bicycles going on right there. I like the one with the basket on the back too, especially, it's kind of a turquoise. And we've got what, Fulbright dining hall, which is part of the quad complex as well. Let me ask you a question. You're a student here, right? I am. Yeah, what year are you? I am a junior, but I could possibly graduate next summer, so it's all amazing. So, like a relationship status, it's complicated? Yeah, it's complicated. Okay, okay, got you. All right. Well, let me go ahead and swing around so we can take a look. And by the way, anyone who's joining us, feel free to ask questions as we go, we're happy to have you. Kent, you mentioned what this thing is called, this nice little... It's a pergola. A pergola. A pergola. Built to provide additional shade. Okay. I love it. I love it. And the quad itself has four buildings. Is that right? Four buildings. Yeah. And we've got B over here that we're going to be going into. And then behind us, we have Gatewood. And then we have... The harding is... The harding of the... Right. Right, okay. And the swing is behind us there. Okay. Fantastic. So they all come together to form Garland Commons, which you will be part of. And yeah, let's see. I wanted to point out the Pat Walker Health Center is right behind us as well. Yes. It's really convenient to have kind of like a hospital setting on campus, if you're ever in an emergency or something like that. We're also really close to Smallmart. Also convenient. Get your groceries and then just... Have you been there before? I have. I love Smallmart. It's the best. Just grab and go type of environment. The bookstore. Great place to get your razor back for game day, so... And you're no stranger to these tours, are you? No. You've done some. In fact, that's how we discovered you and said, please do these tours for us. You had put several of them up on YouTube. Let's go ahead inside and tell me about you doing those tours. How did that come about? A freshman had been contacting me about, you know, they didn't really know... You got it? Yeah, there we go. I didn't know how the rooms looked and things like that, and I just kind of came up with the idea. I started with a room tour and then I was like, you know what, I could just do all the dorms. So, work residence halls. Sure. And that's an awesome instinct. They are available on YouTube to watch, and we've linked to some of your videos on our Move-In site as well. So where are we now? We are in the common area, in Quad B. I used to come here with my friends. So you've been here before and you've played ping-pong pool with both? Yes. Yes, I have both. Okay. It's a lot of fun actually. Sure. And you've got the pool table right there, ping-pong there, excellent. And then let's step to our front desk for a second. Can we say hello to you? How are you? I'm pretty good. How are y'all? Just fine. And what's your name? I'm a student assistant student during the day time if they need any help with key issues or their mail or packages. Yeah. Oh, and that makes me think. Yeah. So this is the mail hub for a couple of different residence halls. Is that right? Yes. Okay. We have all the quads and then Futural and Holcomb. Okay. And we toured Futural and Holcomb just yesterday. So you can look back in the archive and see the videos we do there. You've got an email you're expecting. You'll come here to pick it up. This will be the place to come. Great. Great. Your mailboxes are right down the hall there. Let's go check them out. Thank you very much. Thank you. All right. Let's move on down. Oh, there's that big row of mailboxes. Do you like a van? Well, hey, there you go. Mailboxes. All the mailboxes, et cetera. Et cetera. Did you, you lived where again? I lived in Maple. Okay. So that's a different mail system. Yeah. It's a little bit different. But you can just kind of walk to the quads. It's a very central location. So it's never too busy. It's never too busy. It's never too busy. It's never too busy. It's never too busy. It's never too busy. It's never too busy. It's never too busy. It's never too busy. It's never too busy. So it's never too busy. Which is a great thing. And yeah, you just pick up the packages, your mail, everything you need right here. Delivered. Delivered there. Delivered. Yes. So we're walking down the main kind of hallway in B. And there are these little sort of, I guess, areas that sort of jet out. I'm sure there's probably an architectural technical term for them. But they're kind of nice places. I'd say a lot of people end up using these spaces to meet up before they go to the dining hall or go to the classes. A lot of people even kind of study out here. They'll see people on their laptops and just kind of hanging out with each other and it's a very community kind of vibe down here. You bet. I think on our right, we're about to get to, I think the only sort of printing lab that's operated on the residence hall. It's pretty big. It's a pretty big one. It'll become your best friend, honestly. If you're running late or in assignment, just kind of run in here, print it off and go to class. I know a lot of people that does that. A lot of late night studying here as well, so yeah. So printing stuff out, but also a study area as well. Okay. During finals, I would imagine especially. Yeah, it's pretty crazy in there. So we're about to go past the full bright dining hall, which is under construction, as we can see here. I was friends with actually a lot of the staff here. Best sandwiches ever. Best place just to kind of get food. It's my favorite place to eat, or one of my favorite places. Yeah, everyone's so friendly. I met some of my first friends actually in here. Really? Yeah. What table? Where's your table? Oh goodness, we used to sit kind of like, no, honestly. Okay, tell me, show me. We sat by the fireplace. You sat by the fireplace? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, we liked the fireplace in any room near the windows. Yeah, you're right. And in the winter, they do fire up the fireplace. It's nice. What is a, do you have a favorite dish from? You said the sandwiches. Yes. Which are made in order, I guess. They are, and they also do burgers for you. It's kind of just whatever you want, make your own creations. Same with they kind of had this Asian infused food area. Just come make your own bowl and do it right in front of you. The flames and everything. I'm getting hungry now. We're doing a talk on just campus dining alone at two PM this afternoon. So, and you're gonna be joining us as well as some people from Chartwell. So, we look forward to doing that. Know that the construction's happening here. It will be all done and ready to go by the time you arrive at August. Was there anything else we wanted to point out in this area? Yeah, the music room is over here. Okay, let's go in there. People in the piano. Sure. Do you play piano? I do not. But I have a friend who does and he loved coming in here. So, beyond the Chopsticks level of pianos? Yes. You can play real songs? We've got what? We'll cover songs on the piano and everything. So, yeah, and you'd think kind of it was a little bit more closed off room, but a lot of people like to come in here. So, that's kind of calming. There's Bobby D right there, Bob Dylan. And the King. And then who is this? Come on, let's see. We can identify him. I'm not sure, but he's got a cool jacket on in the back. Okay, so here's the music room. Again, I'll reiterate. If you'd like to ask any questions, feel free to. This is a actual drum kit or is it a? Yeah, I think it may be an actual drum kit. Okay, well, great. Well, let's head on. So, we're still exploring the first floor of Quad B, which is the main building. Is there anything else back here we want to look at? Oh, Michelin's study room, is that right? Or meeting room? It's a little meeting room. Just off. Can we go in? I don't know, I think we've locked it, but it is a nice little meeting room where people can get together and meet and talk about things. You bet, okay. Well, right, well, I guess we need to head up to the third floor. Ashley asks, this is where the football players live, correct? I know that they used to live here. They live predominantly in C&D, I believe, because they have special beds, because they're taller and things like that. So, yeah, they live in the Quad. There are a lot of athletes who do live in the Quad. Yes. Look at you walking backwards, of course. Thank you. I know, I'm doing the best. Very, very nice of you. Do you tell us what your major was? My major is political science. Uh-huh. And legal studies. Legal, oh, I think I may know where you may be going then. Where? Law school, maybe? Are you thinking about law school? That's the plan. Okay, perfect. Don't ask me what, you know, if it's criminal or things like that, because I'm still figuring that out. Sure, sure. You know, I'm just kind of coming all together. You don't want to be involved with the law in some way. Yes, correct. And where are you from originally? I'm from St. Louis, actually. I love it there. It's different by, you know, I'm in DeVayville, it's a little bit more relaxed, but I love it, so. Yeah, yeah. How did you make it home over the summer? I did, actually. Oh, okay. I did, it was really fun. Hey, our pleasure, Ashley. Glad we could answer your question. Yes, we're Pig Suey. Absolutely. Glad he's coming. All right, so we're headed down. Where are we going? We are going to look at some quiet study areas and- Quiet study areas. You can turn around, I'm not gonna make you walk down the hall. And the laundry. Okay, great. Quiet study areas and the laundry. Now, I think one of the things that I observe as I walk down these long hallways are, you know, these are not traditional style residence halls, they're not community style. They are suite style. Yes. What that means is that you're going to have a bedroom, I'm sorry, a bathroom in the room itself. Okay, so here we are in one of the community rooms, right? Yes, a few people in here. I'll just depend on the day. Let's get a little view out there. I think we can see Garland parking deck, which has some nice architectural detail, I think. And this is Garland Road right here. Or Garland Avenue, I think. There's a golf cart. Okay, fantastic. So there's one of these on each floor, right? Or... Yes, there's a room like this on each floor. Okay, great. Well, what should we go check out next? The... We can take a look at the laundry. Let's go check and look at the laundry. Mm-hmm. Okay. So this is a pretty big residence hall. I mean, it's... Lots of walking. A lot of walking. There is an elevator, of course, so you've got that option, if you wish. Also stairs. Mm-hmm. Do you have a Fitbit on? I don't. Get that $10,000, right? Hey, you've been playing Pokemon Go at all? My kitchen. Really? Okay, okay. So here we are at the laundry. And you can see all kinds of new laundry equipment in there. We just changed who we get our laundry from to a new company, and they put in new stuff. And you'll see a lot of white here. That's because we're doing our linens before you guys arrive. And let me see. Oh, yeah, let me tell you about Laundry Alert. Do you know about Laundry Alert? I do, but I've never really used service. Okay. What's brand new? So we're just rolling it out. And basically what it is, is you can go online and you can see which one of these machines is open. So before you come even down here to go check, you can check online. Then once you've put your laundry in there, you can create a notification that will text you or email you whenever it's done. So it'll say, hey, come get your laundry. That's awesome. Yeah, we're looking forward to rolling that out. We think it'll be useful. And you'll notice that none of these have coin exchanges. That's because it's paid for with your room rates. So there's no charge. I gotta check out this cool view. Yeah, it is. It's really nice. And this is, we're on the side of where we came in, I think, here. Okay. Well, great. Let's move on. I think we're gonna go check out a bathroom and the rooms. Yes, we can go back upstairs here. Now, the quad also offers kitchens, of course. Community kitchens, well, community kitchens where you can cook your own food. I'm gonna put a photo of the kitchen on the Facebook thread after this is over. Just because of the way this place is laid out, it would take a long time for us to get to all those locations. Well, we're gonna go check out the bathroom first. Uh-huh, yeah. We should mention one of the interesting aspects of the quad that's kind of unique too is that we have a faculty-in-residence program where we actually have a professor who lives on the facility. Yes. Well, we're gonna just go to the restroom first. Go to the... It's right down here. Sorry. No, that's fine, that's fine. My baby. Yeah. Hey, love it. Oh, and this is maybe, this is the kitchen area. Yeah. This is a kitchen area, okay. Good deal, good deal. All right. Ice machine, vending machine. Let me point that out real quick to folks. Here's an ice machine and a vending machine here on the floor. All right, we really are getting some walking done today, aren't we? We are. It is, it is. You will know this is the bathroom here. Where is the bathroom here? Oh, okay. We have the elevator here. Yeah, okay. Here's the elevator to take you down back down to the first floor. Yeah, the bathroom right next to it. Oh, and I know why that's the case because the bathrooms are in the rooms. Yes. Right. So this is more of a public bathroom. Yes. See, that's on me, yeah. The bathroom's actually in the room, of course. That's what you're trying to tell me. Yes. Oh, well. So you are starting again in August. Yes. Do you have any classes you're especially excited about? Environmental law. Only because I don't really know much about the recognition of things like that. Gotcha. I'm excited to learn about it. Yeah. Now do you have an interest in environmentalism, sustainability, those sort of issues? Yes. Yes. I also kind of talked to an environmental lawyer and she kind of pulled me in and out so it sounded very interesting to me, so. Nice. I'm trying to go check it out this year. Okay, okay. All right. So we're gonna only check out one half of this place because the other one is occupied. It's a B key. You guys just, yeah, we'll get it. You're in a second. So you said you spent a little time in New Rock. Is that right? Yes, I was born there actually. And a lot of my dad's side of the family lives there too. So I get to visit every now and then. Okay. It's pretty fun. Got it. Hey, we're in. All right. We're in the room. Thank you Kent for helping us out to get in there. No, no, no, no, we're good. And then we were gonna show, so can you tell us some aspects of these rooms? I guess there's beds for four. Yes. So basically they all come kind of identical on each side. You will start by obviously walking into this kind of common area. You can decorate it how you want, bring any extra amenities that you want, as well as once you kind of turn and go down this way, you have your bathroom. You have two separate closets that can lock on their own, kind of it's connected to your key only. So if you have anything that you wanna keep safe in there, obviously use that closet. There's also another separate closet in your bedroom. Yeah, we'll walk through. Cause there's four people who live in this one. We're gonna show you one half of the wing. The other half is just exactly the same. So let's go ahead and head on in to the, this would be the residential area outside of the common area of the suite. So two people will share time shower. So this is what two people would share. Yes. As well as this sort of sink area. Two sinks each you go and sink. That's kind of nice. Great. I wanna show off this closet, we'll put two. So you've got these closets in the bedroom area. You got plenty of space up there. Down here, up there. And then there's one right next to it that you're, I guess, your suite mate would share. And it's basically the same thing. And this does lock, right? Yes. This locks so you have the ability to kind of lock it right there. And it locks with your room key, so it's unique. Okay, great. We'll follow you into one of the rooms. So this is your private sanctum. This is your spot. You can do what you want, decorate how you want. You know, it's really nice to have your own space. And you can do whatever you want with the bed. You can lift it up. You can move things around. It's just very convenient. And you know, your own space. Yeah. You always have your own space to go to. Now at the maples, did you share? What was your configuration? Yes, I had a roommate and two suite mates. And then we all shared bathroom, common area. Then there was a sink on the outside. And that's kind of how it was set up. So obviously it's nice to kind of have your own space to come to. But yeah, initially it's kind of like your roommate or whoever is your first friend too, so. Sure, you bet. Do you mind turning on the light for us? I can. Great. There it comes on. Let's go and open the closet for our folks so they can see what kind of space you have for closets. Your clothes up here, your foot shoes down here. We also have drawer space underneath here. Clothes or anything like that. So there's a little bar in there that you can use to attach your clothes. And then in the desk area, you have a number of different drawers right there. Yes, different sizes as well. This one's like a bigger size. Yeah, you can do it. Yeah, filing cabinet. These guys are huge. You might open those up for me. Yeah, I can do that. Lots of space here. Mm-hmm, yeah. Drawer space, it's great. You know, that's one thing it's not lacking in space, obviously. It's right, right. It's plenty of space here. Your things, so. Perfect. Well, any questions? To loft these beds. These beds are loftable, but because of the size, you need to fill out a maintenance request. Okay. To fix that system to get these lofted. Okay, so as Ken was saying, if you want to use these beds lofted, which means to take them, basically double the height of these, then you need to turn in a maintenance request. You can do that by going to the housing homepage, housing.uort.edu, and then finding the fix it maintenance request on the left-hand sidebar. Click on that, and you can fill out that form and ask for it. The important thing is that you tell them what room and what bed you have, and they can do it. Anybody have any questions for us? As we're going through here, I know a lot of people have been asking for dimensions and the other talks that we've done, and we'd love to get those answered for you if you have any questions. So, Markayla asks a question. Are the dressers attached to the desk? They are not. So, a lot of people actually, what they'll do is they'll lift their bed up as high as they can without lofting it, and they'll put this underneath it, or this underneath it, and it creates a little bit more room for you as well. That's actually- Let me get you out of the light. You're kind of back right here. Okay, there we go. So, I had a lot of friends who did that, actually, so that they could have leg room and things like that under the desk. So, this whole desk won't fit underneath. Oh, no, maybe, maybe, actually, there's an attachment here, right there. So, maybe they do loft like that. Oh, no. Yeah. Go ahead. I don't know. I was just saying, they can, but yeah, they're all detachable. Nothing is, you know, nothing, you don't have to keep it how it comes. Gotcha. Freedom to do what you will. Jacob asks a question too and asks about, are there publicly accessible supplies for cleaning, the rooms and bathrooms, or are we expected to provide for ourselves? You are expected to provide for yourself, I believe. Yeah. There are times of the year like move out, I believe. We provide some cleaning supplies, but in general, isn't that right, Kevin? Yeah, they come through. Before you move in, it should be, they should have already- Yeah, they're gonna clean when you move in. And then during one of the breaks, either winter or spring break, they'll come through and clean all the bathrooms. Yes. And all the buildings that have suites. I'm gonna try that. The kind of the blitz of cleaning. Right. Yeah, they really do, they come in, they do a real quick clean of everything. So, but in general, otherwise, yes, you'll want to, you know, keep some, what'd you keep for cleaning supplies? I kept, I believe it was like some 409, I think that's what it's called. Formula 409. 409, kind of just all purpose cleaner. I had some wet wipes as well, just for like counters and, you know, desks here. Oh, they come in like the cylinder and you open it up and you pull them out. Yeah, okay, that's okay. Yeah, pretty much just kind of those supplies, paper towels, things like that. I had actually a toilet cleaner. We all kind of came together and decided who was bringing what for our dorm. So yeah, so we had toilet cleaner, everything. So basic bathroom cleaning supplies, big yes. That's a major. Right. Heather asks, is there a common refrigerator? Are those students allowed to have a refrigerator in their rooms? So the answer is yes, there are allowed to have a refrigerator in their own rooms. In fact, on the move in website on what to bring, you'll find a little area that says, you know, refrigerators and there's a place you can rent refrigerators there, but you can bring any of them that come, you know, that meet our regulations. Did you ever thought there are no common refrigerators? They need to bring their own thing along. Okay, yeah. So Kent says, what's the same with the microwave? Yes. Yes. No common refrigerators. Now I think there might be some in the common area of here. There's a refrigerator in the kitchen. Okay, in the kitchen area there's a refrigerator. But you want to keep your food safe. Yeah, it's kind of public. And drinks and everything. Right, okay. Misty asks, can we get another look at the common area? Of course, Misty, we can do that. We'll move out of the bedroom that one person would have into the common area that four different people in this room would share. You know, maybe we'll open up a closet or a cabinet or two and see what's in there if you don't mind. You can put up that. And a lot of people actually put their microwave like right here because of the plug. Oh yeah, and then share it. Yep. So some more cabinet space from the common area. Cabinet space down here as well. Oh yeah, I didn't see that. And then drawer space, a lot of people would also either put the fridge or trash can here if they wanted to share it. Yeah, and then Markayla asks, to lift the bed just high enough to fit the dress underneath, do you still have to submit the maintenance request or can you do it by yourself? In the quad we recommend that everyone submit a maintenance request. We don't allow you to kind of build your own lofting. You really need to use what we do. If you want though, feel free to follow up with us at housing at ur.edu and get you all the details you need that are specific to your situation. That's housing at ur.edu. Let's see, any other questions or we're gonna sign off here. Let's see, we got a little view out there. I guess that's that. That's just the roof is what that is out there. Okay. All right, well last, okay, Amy is asking, are all the room sizes the same in the suite? And I think the answer's yes to that. Yes. Now, I think we do have configurations where it's not always, is it always four? Is it always a four in one common area or the configuration? Sometimes it's three and two, really. Can't can speak to that. Yeah, I can. There are a few suites that have three bedrooms and a few that have two but they're very limited. Okay. And they're sure on the floor plans. Most of them are four. Okay, great. All right, well, thank you all for joining us on this tour today of the quad. We'll be back at 2 p.m. to talk about campus. Oh, okay. Oh, another question. Well, we're just making a comment. And we'll, 2 p.m., we'll talk about campus dining and join in there. And you'll join us, right? Yes, I will, I'll be there. Are you gonna be hungry? I think so, yes. We did talk about food earlier, I'm pretty hungry. I'll mention that our Pinterest board, which is at Uark Housing, so Pinterest, Uark Housing has a lot of recipes on there of things you can make as well. So thanks a lot. You know, sign us out. Yeah, just a wave. There you go.