Talk:Dormitory

"Halls of Residence at boarding schools, colleges and universities used to house students in dormtories": at any rate, this fails to explain the complexity of the subject. Whether technically correct or not, students commonly continue to call what universities and colleges often promote the calling-of as "Residence Halls" as "dormitories" or "dorms." This should be explained in more detail. --Daniel C. Boyer 16:57, 4 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Merge

I suggest merging the dormitory and residence hall articles into one article. If there are usage differences among the terms, that could also be explained in the article.

But the mean thing is that people sleep in them, and a lot of times those people are students who attend the school which owns and operates the buildings. --Uncle Ed 18:09, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I suggest the main article should be residence halls, and not dormitories. As a student affairs and residence life professional, it is important to understand that universities and student affairs/student services divisions have moved away from using the word dorm or dormitories, because the halls are supposed to reflect the holistic experience of living on campus, and not just a place where a student sleeps and showers.

A place to sleep

that's kind of misleading, in fact this is probably an outright lie, it's not physicially possible to sleep in a dormitory, and I'd challange you to find a single dorm where that statment would be true

Clara Dickson Hall (size)

It only houses 450 students. I question whether or not it is the largest dorm on the east coast, but I do know that it is the largest single dorm in the ivy league. -Cornell Rockey

I don't see how the statements "The largest dormitory building is Bancroft Hall at the United States Naval Academy" and "The largest dormitory on the eastern half of the United States is Clara Dickson Hall at Cornell University" can both be true. Last time I checked USNA was in Maryland, which is on the east coast. User:fsiler

Picture

That is NOT a typical dorm room. For one, there are no piles of dirty laundry littering the floor. — Phil Welch 00:25, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

I assume the above was intended as a joke, though if you where indeed seriouse, I would say that the word "typical" is being used to refer to the layout and design rather then the state of cleanliness or organization. --Cab88 11:18, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Sinbgle sex vs. coed dorms

I added a bit on coed dorms and coed dorm rooms. I do think it may be worthwhile to have a separate section on this topic, with info on the history of coed dorms and something on the arguments that have been made for and against coed dorms and the potential pro and cons of single sex and coed dorms. --Cab88 11:10, 26 June 2006 (UTC)