 Hey everyone, my name's Reed. I'm a senior conference ambassador for the summer and today I'll be giving you a tour of Gibson Hall But before we head inside I want to talk about what it's like to live on total campus and just living in Gibson in general So we take a look around you can see some of our surroundings But over here is going to be a couple of different dining options first of all you see a Starbucks So it's really convenient if you want to wake up in the morning and go get some coffee That is convenience. How do you take your starbies? How do you take your Starbucks? How do I get my Starbucks? Usually I get a black hole brew. Really? Okay. It's just very simple cheap. Nice. Yeah, very easy But yeah There's also 1021 which is a major dining hall on campus It's usually open for breakfast and lunch up until like three or four And then you also have what we call founders, which is going to be in founders hall But you can go there for dinner and get sushi Where the Walgreens are it's pretty great Also just being on central campus gives you a lot of access to the buildings around here And it makes everything very very accessible. I think it's really really convenient But with that being said, we're just going to go ahead and head inside. Okay. Well, let me introduce myself to real quick Christopher Spencer. I'm with uh housing as well and we have several people already chiming in love to have you watching Uh, let us know where you're from so we can wave hello to wherever you're calling from or tuning in from And then we've had requests to look at a room or two a couple different rooms So we'll try to honor those as best we can It might mean us going up to floor three, but We'll see how that goes. Okay. We're head inside. Okay, we will go ahead One thing I do want to point out is that all these dorms do have fobs So we get something that looks kind of like this when you move in and you'll scan it on one of these black boxes Unlocks the door and you can head in Thank you for fobbing us in hey from little rock. So he gets from little rock good to yeah right there in the central part Of our state. Yeah So as we move in here, you can see that there's kind of a common area of space before you get to the front desk There's chairs you can sit some nice paintings on the wall As you can tell Gibson is one of the older buildings Just to give you a little fun fact This is originally known as razor back hall, which I think it's very cool If you look at the top of Gibson, you can actually see like golden hot like razor back on the top Yeah, I think it's very cool But Gibson Hall is one of the oldest and finest residence halls with rich history and tradition Gibson is the second oldest residence hall outside of carnal hall, which now functions a hotel You make a chance to go to it. They got a nice little restaurant in there, too As we head up here, we'll take a look at the front desk Your front desk is going to be crucial for any major questions that you have while you're here It's usually staffed by an adult desk admin They'll sit behind this desk if it's not staffed by them. It's either staffed by an RA or it's closed I'm not completely sure on packages. Usually your desk admin will have your packages There's a chance that you if you live in Gibson, you'll have to pick them up at Gregson You can definitely check that on your housing portal Yeah, you can go to um under the housing website look under services and then mail and packages is the page you want to hit Tell you exactly where to get that stuff Yeah So we're just going to move over here and kind of look at the laundry area and take a look at the mailboxes And what you'll be getting into But as we walk over here, I also want to say that Gibson hall usually houses about 98 female residents Which I think is pretty cool, but here are our mailboxes So in your housing portal, you're going to get a three digit code So you'll be able to use this and use your three digits and get it in there If you have any trouble scan this I'm going to show you a video and other information on how to do that Yeah, um and when it comes to mail I'll say also that My details is the area in the portal where you'll find a lot of that information my details Um before we go right into the laundry room I just want to say that there are several different um water fountains on each floor And I think that they're really awesome You can come to fill up your water bottle and do all that stuff And I think it's very neat and also just very convenient if you're headed out Especially in august when you move here and it's very very Yes, but now let's move into the laundry room. Uh-huh. So as we come in here, there are three washers and four dryers there's also an ice machine and A couple of vending machines as well The biggest thing that we want to talk about with laundry is the speed queen app So as you move here this summer you're going to need to download the speed queen app Which will allow you to get two washes per week after those two washes run out I think it's a dollar 50 to get another wash that week. Yeah two washes two dries per week It's all preloaded. So really you can spend it at your own discretion So you could do you know 10 in one week if you want it But know that later in the semester you won't have access to that So but you can as as read points out you can refresh that at about dollar 50 a cycle So if you want to run a washer and a dryer Then that would be three dollars that you can add through the app And what's really convenient about the opposite will tell you when your uh laundry is done Washing or drying and it'll let you know when some one of the washers or dryers is also free So you don't have to waste your time coming down here and um walking back up the stairs because gibson does not have an elevator It does not on its three floors. Do you mind pointing out the wireless pay that we have there? Yeah, so definitely uh, whenever These vending machines you can just kind of put your card up there Scan it and then you'll be able to kind of select something are going to suck something It would be a diet coke Which is pretty nice Isis free everything and that's pretty much All the things I can and we do I take razor razor bucks now So you can get razor bucks and you can use that. All right. Well, I guess we'll head up on the floor Um, we've already identified a floor some rooms on the second floor. So that's where we're going today But so many of the rooms look very very much alike in this hall But if it's on the second floor, I can probably Open it up for you. We do have a room that we're already looking at but We could try others. So now where are you from reed? I'm actually from Mount Pleasant, Texas I'd asked football coach. So I actually moved eight times before I graduated. So I like to say eight times Yeah, I'm just from east texas usually. Okay. So that's usually where I was Located sure Moving up here. There are a couple other common spaces in the store One of the larger ones is in here. So when you walk in here, you have access to a public bridge Um, an oven a stove a sink all these different amenities, which I think is very awesome Purchases have been set Also, if you want to watch a movie you can use that to do whatever you want I think it's a great common space to just come and hang out Especially if you don't want to study in your room and you're tired of going to the library And there's nowhere else to go. I think it's a really cool space Yeah, and I can say I've been working for housing great years and Anytime I talk to uh, someone who stayed in Gibson I mean They've all loved it unanimously across the board have loved it. So It's a great hall. It's kind of a small hall, but it's a great hall No, it's great and maybe small too, but the rooms are usually a lot bigger than you would probably perceive based on How many people get to stay in this hall? Sure. Um, but before we kind of see how large a room is We'll go down and look at the restrooms. Yes Um, so the restrooms are important typically have It's usually three sinks three toilets and also three showers. I think this one's a little smaller. Yeah, um But there's restrooms on both sides as well And the good thing about these restrooms is although they're public They're very private. You're able to do what you need to do whatever you're in there And it's not a bad time But yeah Come in here. It's got all these towers And let's see, uh, you've been in some of the traditional halls before have you ever lived in nutritional? Um, I have actually never lived in a hall that has public bathrooms. Okay. So I was lucky to Well, no to not have to do what I'm told is that you you develop bathroom friends because you end up going to the bathroom at the same time Like getting ready for class plenty of friends that like use like lived in like huts or something with a public restroom And it was never a problem and also they did develop bathroom friends, which I think is very interesting Um, but as you walk in the first thing that we see is the toilets. So of course, there's three stalls Yeah You know just a regular looking bathroom You've seen one you've seen them all Yeah, and it's also pretty cool because now since you don't live in a space where you have your own restroom They're clean for you. Yeah, which is really nice Um, but another thing is yeah two sinks here So when you brush your teeth, wash your hands anything like that They're right here for you and then the next thing are these showers So what I really like about these showers is that of course that has the curtain But there's a little space when you walk inside So these folks here? Yeah, when you get out you can hang up your towel and change and then leave and I think that's really really convenient I do recommend bringing a shower caddy shower shoes just having regular bathroom etiquette when it comes to public restroom But yeah, and then also you have your full-size mirror right here. Right your mirror's up here Very good. Very good. But yeah Very very nice. I like the tile in here too. I think it's yeah I actually think it's it's come around in terms of the color color ways So now I think we're heading to room 210. So we'll take a look at what that right looks like There was a question that came in about from arden about is there a bench inside the shower area? I don't think I saw one, but I'm gonna go check just to make sure We can verify There's a uh, yeah as you pointed there's kind of like a An opening room I don't I don't see one here either. So there's not in the little dressing room area. There is not a bench. So Maybe if you need one, maybe bring one Yeah, and there is a hook. There are two hooks actually And that's one of the things I also kind of want to talk about with it being an older dorm There is a lack of accessibility at certain points I think just be wary of that when you're moving in So you may need to get certain things to make these spaces more accessible and that is completely fine Housing staff does all they can to make this these spaces as accessible as possible And if you ever have an issue you can definitely reach out to housing this this building's been in service since 1937 Yeah, so it's got the 30s style to it, but now we're headed into room 210. Okay again. Um, all these rooms are very very similar. So The rest of them, um, but as we move in here, you see there's an overhead light with a fan You get two beds Also, each person gets a desk a personal little desk drawer These shelves up here, and there's five sets of plugins and outlets Two closets one for each person these personal dressers low comments below the sink And I think it's really nice to have a personal sink. So you don't really have to brush your teeth in the public restroom Because you're you're here and you're in your room I think Yeah, we had a question about Hey, uh, do we need to bring our own vacuum or broom? I've recommended I brought my own vacuum and broom and I'm now moving into a house and I still use it So I mean it'll serve you and even after you have a bathroom That said usually at the front desk we can help you out with some of that stuff But you probably want your own broom. Yeah, so you don't have to see this checked out or anything Um, as we look at these closets I'm gonna go ahead and close this door just to look behind it There's not really much going on behind here But on these doors you get like a little towel rack on here open it up I honestly think these closets are really nice. They're very wide And kind of deep so you can put things hang things out but also put things on the shelf Which I think is very nice. Yes And these hardwood floors I'm talking about these hardwood floors. Yeah, I know these hardwood floors Were redone in 2015. Um, which kind of gives it A modern look while also still being classic, which I think is very nice about Gibson And I also think that's what is nice about the university of Arkansas this value of tradition, especially staying at a door like this Um, kind of gives you more of a homey feel and you feel like you're experiencing something your parents may have experienced If they're alumni from here, which I think is really awesome We had a request to view 209 and which one are we in right now? We're in 210. We're in 210 I think let's let's at least go open up 209. That's fine. Do you mind if I give you the key and we'll go I think it may be this one or that one But let's go open it up now. You're gonna see the mattresses are up And they'll be the chair out But that's just because that's how we leave it in its normal state before y'all arrive It's 209 right here Jenny will open this up on we'll open up your room for you 209 Hey, good job Is this a single okay, this is a single that's one of the reasons so a single room. Let me pull down this Right here So because this is a smaller residence all we have little time like you know really show it off to you No, for sure A cool thing about these single rooms is it basically got all the amenities of a double room So you still have your two closets Two closets this whole dresser set you get one desk this time inside the two, right, right? Still those overhead shelves you have a lot of wall space to hang things out as well One thing that we didn't touch on whenever we're in another room is the fact that there are like Lights I'm gonna say that you can turn on Okay, this mirror and also this overhead space. Yeah, so you definitely store things up there We get a lot of questions about chairs. So like the desk chairs A lot of these desk chairs you can actually take apart if you do want to bring your own You cannot move them out of the room But a good idea is if you do want your own chair, you can stick the other desk chair up in those spaces And just sort them away until you're getting ready to move out and then put them back together and Very easy to take apart. Well, I'm so glad we can show off this room for you But let's head on over back to 210 and we'll do some measurements over there So this is a single and we've got a couple questions about measurements Can you uh ardent ask can you measure the amount of space Under the mattress if you put it as high as it will go without lofting I would say see these pins they go every Or a little fastens they go every three inches I don't offhand know how high this goes right here, but he can measure Right there now you can loft this much higher It's just you need our help to do it because there's a piece that's missing Yeah, so this is 36 inches Okay 36 inches is really at the top of and that's that's down at the little pin area right there. Okay, so 36 inches Without lofting it again. If you want to loft it you do have to contact us in this particular hall and the best way to contact us is to uh Google uark uark and then type in fix it fix it And that'll lead to a form if you do it by the end of this month before august 1st We can have it done for you before you arrive Yeah, which I think is very awesome. I don't that may be whatever, but um, it's a lot easier if it's unable to by the time you get here Yeah, um, yeah, I don't no problem. Glad you're able to measure for the bed skirt Um, and then under the mattress to the floor could we get that as well? And that's at its current setting It's about 17 inches 17 inches And I do want to make one note about measurements here is you can go to the housing website under Gibson hall about halfway down the page You'll find an explore section and in there you'll find a 3d Visualization of the rooms We recorded them with a special camera and in the bottom left you'll see like a tape measure you can measure The spaces between things like the camera we used measures the light so you can measure that Yeah, uh, there's a question about opening 207. Let's leave it at 209 for now We've really seen both the styles gathered right now. We are in Gibson Gibson hall. That's where we're touring from if you're just tuning in And let's see how many inches do we have for a tension rod? And there was a question earlier about tension rods. Let me find that question real quick onto where it would go Let's see Yeah It was definitely for a curtain. Yeah, uh, can we use a tension rod for curtains in the window and I think here it will be difficult Yeah, not a very wide space to put anything up there What I'm seeing here is that people are using command hooks to hang stuff. Yeah. So that's probably your best option Yeah, command hooks are Pretty good to use for things that where you don't where you can't otherwise do that. Yeah So yeah, sorry, I will say that these um blinds you mind pulling the blinds The blinds are not like block uh light blackout, but they are pretty good If you grab that one another one too, we can kind of show I mean they get it pretty well They kind of shut down the light decently Okay, moving on to our questions Just catching up as I scroll through here um Can you measure let's see how many inches do we have for our tension rod? Fortunately, we can't we don't know that Can you measure the distance from the shelf to the wall? In to us if we were in two and nine, we haven't gone into two or seven Or did we go into a seven? We went into two and nine Could you measure the distance from the shelf to the wall? The shelf to the where about this shelf probably so we'll try that one That's nine inches nine inches depth right there That's gonna be about 13 inches 13 inches high You want to go ahead and give them the width too? Yeah To be from yeah right there just of this space right here just in that one This little space is 12 inches 12 inches, okay, of course this space is one okay Very good. We'll keep going Uh, can you share the show the area under the sink and it does have a sink which is pretty cool We only have it's like one other hall that has an area under the sink Can you open both of them? Yeah, very good. I don't think those are actually and they're not top tap outs either Where they come out halfway, but there's there's plenty of space to utilize down there Okay No problem arden So if you put the mattress as high as you can without being bunk sized you can go pretty high with it I would say we're reconnecting. Yeah, if you want to find the exact Dimensions of how high you can take it go to move in dot u art dot edu Go to the ready to arrive area of that website And you'll find a number of questions one will say mattress sizes lofting information And there'll be a small table or a table there that'll tell you buy a hall The exact dimensions of how high you can take it Okay Okay, I think we're caught up on our questions here Um Reed you've been here you're starting your junior year. I know what uh What's the recipe for success? I think um, and I know this cliche but being authentically yourself Um, and everything I do identifying who I am and my lived experiences and the way that I navigate the world is very crucial For the things that I do and I think that's true for everyone So identifying who you are finding your niche on campus and being confident in what in that niche is who you are It's crucial to what you're doing and I think um Like acknowledgement that as soon as you get here more help. Yeah. Yeah for sure Um, we had a request for the amount of space from under the light So from the light panel down We get that 50 inches 50 inches from the light panel down Okay But we're gonna hang out for another second or two and take any more questions you might have Sorry, we didn't get to see every room, but we got to see a single and we got to see a general Kind of room. This is I mean almost all of them look like this Okay, one of the questions since we opened up 209 how many feet from the door frame to the wall Uh, let's go ahead and go to 209. We'll do that real quick How many feet from the door frame to the wall? Very good. You found the the red dot right there That's not a 196 inches 196 inches from the door frame to the wall And you'll definitely be able to find the dimensions of these rooms online as well And give you more exact like how tall the ceilings are and all that stuff Yeah And another question about the single is the shelf in the same place in a single So this one does not look like it's in the same place. Um, just because it's not in the middle There's only one bed. Yeah, um, and we usually put the desk under it So you have all of this space over here, but there's not to be a good space to put a couch Something like that right here Okay, um a couple follow-ups trying to see if the headboard will fit between the shelf and the window A headboard You'll have to move this bed. Yeah If you move the bed, it should yeah, it just depends on how tall your headboard is But it should be yeah, because you've got all that wall right there at least in the single that you can use Yeah, the desks are movable too um And then the other wall so let's go ahead and do um this way as well this way 136 inches Okay So harden's being very nice and so we will pop into 207 just to give them a quick glance Because we're on this side and it doesn't take very long to do with that Oh, okay. Yeah, if you don't mind. All right, we will look at 207 for you Okay Again, keep in mind that the mattress will be up because that's the default position we keep it in that's not being used for conferences or anything else It is an exact replica of the Ritz-Mosca Hall It is there. We'll give a give a view. This is 207 So drawers right there Bathroom right there a sink right there Okay, um How far from that shelf to the window and I think in this case we're talking about from there to the window I'm gonna say it's not 29 inches to the wall 29 inches to the wall and it's basically flush Maybe an inch or two difference with the window okay The door frame to the shelving wall distance so door frame to The shelving wall if you need me to provide a hand or something like that maybe we can I don't know if you can Use my hand there If not, we'll just do the best we can on it. Oh, you got my hand. Yeah, it's gonna be about 60 inches about 60 inches. That's the best All right. Yeah. Yeah Good, I'm glad we were able to help you there Arden. Um, that's caught up then All right. Well great questions everybody. Thank you for tuning in and I'll just say again that this is You know people really love this hall. It's a small but mighty group of of young ladies who live here and You're right in the center of campus, which is really fantastic Yes. Yes. So anyway, I hope you're excited about coming to Gibson Hall this august and uh You want to wave us out? Yeah, I can't wait to see y'all this fall. Um, yeah, have a great year today. Thank you