When friends (or the friendly neighborhood 9-year-old) come by, your home reveals what you like and how you see yourself. More than that, it’s an ode to all things you. Being at home means getting to be in a rejuvenating space specifically personalized for you by you. The objects, walls, furniture, smell — all of it lives and breathes who you are.

Dardick and Nemerov have a strong residential community, with plenty of traditions and bonding events. This sense of camaraderie is bolstered by the fact that all first-year Beyond Boundaries students live in Dardick, and many second-years in Nemerov. With the ability to cut across the parking lot, Dardick and Nemerov are highly convenient, as they are close to campus, right above Habif, which is a circulator stop, and the closest to the metro stop. Further, there is a really nice piano in the Dardick lobby, and residents often grace the building with impressive tunes. 

Ian Scholes was excited to finally move into his WashU housing for his first year of college, after a long summer of dealing with mold in his house. But when he stepped into his suite in Dauten, Scholes and his family immediately recognized the smell of mildew and saw signs of mold.     

It has been over a month since the week of hectic red move-in carts, kaleidoscopic residential college shirts, and proud convocation chants for the Class of 2026.

Humans evolved living among plants for millions of years––we feel more comfortable around them. As a college student in the urban Midwest, you are not in your natural habitat. Many of you do not see nature often. This can change. Just get a plant. It is that simple.

Four freshmen, each with their own unique lock-out experience, share their stories from the fall 2020 semester.

Residential Life announced that it would convert approximately 75 percent of its six-person suites on the South 40 into four-person suites Jan. 30.

The moment I stepped into my freshman dorm, my breath was taken away by the majesty of it all: The mirrored closets, the geometric carpet patterns, the Victorian-styled woodgrain furniture. However, with a single turn of the head, my moment was ruined. I saw the chair.

Students who live in Residential Life housing no longer have to pay a fee in order to stay in the dorms over winter break.

Washington University has earned high scores on various college rankings in past years, but this year the University is number one on the Princeton Review’s “Best College Dorms” list. The Princeton Review compiled the rankings by asking 122,000 students from 377 colleges, “How do you rate the comfort of your campus dorms?” in an online survey in 2011 and 2012.