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	* What is it like living on campus? Living on campus at Boston University will be a new way of life for you. Having a roommate, doing laundry, sharing a bathroom--they´re all part of the residential experience. The Office of Residence Life is here to help. If you have questions about your room, your roommate, the rules and regulations, the neighborhood, or the University itself, the staff here is a great place to start finding the answers. Resident Assistant Who can better understand your concerns as a student than another B.U. student? Your resident assistant--or RA--is the first, and often best, Residence Life staff member to approach with a question or concern. RAs are chosen for their maturity and understanding of student life at Boston University. You should feel comfortable in turning to your RA for advice, answers, and support. Faculty-in-Residence Within this program, faculty members of the program live in most of the large residences and many of the smaller ones, too. They frequently host events for students. Residential Safety The Residential Safety staff provide twenty-four-hour uniformed security coverage at the main entrance of each large dormitory-style residence, and of Hamilton House. Students must show their Boston University Student I.D. Card to enter their residence. Guests must be signed in and must be escorted by their hosts at all times. The smaller residences and apartment-style residences have locked front-entrance doors.

	* ON CAMPUS LIVING: The Largest Warren Towers Located mid-campus, Warren Towers´ three towers, Fairfield, Marshall, and Shields, share the fourth-floor lobby and a dining room with Late Nite Café. The street level includes a bank; a bagel, sandwich, and coffee shop; and a Campus Convenience store. Each tower accommodates about 570 men and women on coed and single-sex floors. The floors are arranged in corridors with double- and single-occupancy rooms, and one or two main bath areas per floor. Each tower offers a variety of specialty floors for students with common interests including Premed, College of Communication, Engineering, and Management. Warren Towers, one of the largest university residential complexes in the United States, was built during the mid-1960s. Fairfield and Marshall Towers were completed in 1966; Shields Tower was completed in 1967. The three are built over a three-story parking garage. Warren Towers was named in honor of a distinguished Boston University family spanning three generations: grandfather William Fairfield Warren, the first president of the University; his son William Marshall Warren, longtime dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; and his son, Shields Warren, a world-renowned physician. West Campus The West Campus area comprises three large, traditional, coed residences, each housing approximately 580 students. Claflin, Sleeper, and Rich Halls are located next to the Case Athletic Center and overlook Nickerson Field. West Campus residences share two dining rooms with Late Nite Café, a cinema room, games room, fitness room, music practice rooms, study rooms, laundry facilities, mail room, computer resource room, and TV lounges. School for the Arts, Engineering, Health Professions, and Dean´s floors are distributed throughout West Campus. Like Warren Towers, West Campus was built in stages. Claflin and Sleeper Halls were completed in September 1963, and Rich Hall was completed in December 1964. The three residences are named after the three cofounders of Boston University: Lee Claflin, Jacob Sleeper, and Isaac Rich. Not as Large Myles Standish Hall and Myles Annex Built in 1928, Myles Standish Hall, formerly a fashionable hotel, is rich in history and flavor. Myles was built in the shape of a boat, which explains some of the names of the special rooms--Captain´s Cabin and Silver Lagoon, for example. Owing to its proximity to Fenway Park, many sports stars stayed there. The most famous was Babe Ruth, who enjoyed the view from room 818. In 1949, Boston University purchased the building from the Sheraton chain and initially used the building as an all-male residence. Today, Myles houses 672 male and female students on nine floors, in suites, with three to six students per suite sharing a bathroom. There is also a specialty floor, the Engineering floor. Adjacent to Myles is the Myles Annex, acquired by Boston University in 1980 from Grahm Junior College and opened after renovations in September 1981. On three floors students live in double and triple rooms with common bathrooms on each floor. The Annex is also coed, and houses ninety-three students. Myles Standish Hall has a computer resource room, study rooms, mail room, fitness room, games area, music practice room, pool table, ping-pong table, common color television, dining room with Late Nite Café, video games, laundry room, and vending machines. The Towers Built in 1959 as an all-female residence, The Towers comprises two nine-story towers housing some 520 students. Both towers are now coeducational by floor. Rooms are double-occupancy, with a common lounge and bath on each floor. There is also a "Common Ground" floor for women, a Health Professions floor for women, and an Engineering floor for men. On the first floor, The Towers offers video, vending, and copying machines, a study lounge, TV/lounge area, computer resource room, music practice room, and mail room. In the basement is a dining room with Late Nite Café and two laundry rooms. Danielsen Hall Danielsen Hall, located in the eastern part of campus, is home to 226 students. Danielsen offers a variety of accommodations including singles, doubles, and suites. Facilities include a formal living room, study rooms, indoor bicycle rack, TV lounge with common kitchen facility, access to cable TV, laundry room, mail room, video games, vending machines, and pool tables. There is also a specialty Deaf Studies floor. Shelton Hall Shelton Hall houses 420 students on seven floors. Accommodations are suites for two, four, or five residents with a connecting bathroom. The residence includes three specialty floors: Management, Writers´ Corridor, and Engineering floors. Shelton Hall contains a dining room with Late Nite Café, mail room, music room, large rooftop study area, video machines, piano, fitness room, pool table, stage and dance floor, and TV lounge. In 1923 the Sheraton apartment hotel opened here. The Sheraton chain was named after this Bay State Road hotel. The roof was not enclosed then, and the rooftop restaurant and dance floor were covered only by a canopy. Offering a panoramic view of the downtown skyline, the restaurant was one of the most successful in Boston. In 1950 the hotel was purchased by the Sonnabend family, who now operate the Sonesta chain of hotels. The Sheraton Hotel´s name was changed to Shelton so the Sheraton linen and silverware (imprinted with an "S") would not have to be replaced. Shelton´s most famous resident was playwright Eugene O´Neill, who lived in suite 401 for several years until his death in 1953. Baseball slugger Ted Williams was another famous resident, and at one time the entire Red Sox team stayed here. In 1954, Boston University purchased the Hotel Shelton and the building became a women´s residence. In 1973 the building became a coed residence. Bay State Road Brownstones The forty-four area brownstones, which provide attractive housing overlooking Bay State Road or the Charles River, are located along tree-lined Bay State Road. They provide a variety of housing for many students. Many are designated specialty housing--the Limited Parietal House, Education House, French House, Music House, Common Ground House, Spanish House, Classics House, Russian House, Dean´s House, Italian House, Trustee Scholar House, German House, Hospitality Administration House, The University Professors Program House, and the Management House. Five to seventy-four students live in each residence, usually in double or triple rooms or in an occasional quadruple. Most residences are coed. 1019 Commonwealth Avenue Located on the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Babcock Street in the West Campus area is 1019 Commonwealth Avenue, a six-story, coed residence accommodating 269 students. Students live in six-person, three-bedroom suites. All suites have a common study area and a bathroom. Each bedroom has its own telephone number and hookup to a master television antenna. The residence also has a laundry facility and vending machines. Dining facilities are a two-minute walk across the street, to the West Campus dining rooms. Hamilton House Hamilton House, an apartment-style residence, is located two blocks west of 1019 Commonwealth Avenue. It houses 198 students and has a television room, laundry facilities, and basement social rooms. Hamilton House residents also have access to facilities at 1019 Commonwealth Avenue and at Claflin, Sleeper, and Rich Halls. South Campus The South Campus area comprises about fifty brownstone residences, housing some 1,700 students in a residential setting. Facilities for the area include a fitness room, darkroom, games room, television room, laundry room, mail room, and lounge. The residences here vary in size and layout. Most are apartment-style, with kitchen facilities for one to five students. The others are dormitory-style accommodations: singles, doubles, and suites. Students living in the dormitory-style residences are required to purchase one of the six Dining Plans. There are eight specialty housing residences on South Campus: Engineering House, College of General Studies House, Performing Arts House, Earth/Environmental Awareness House, Philosophy House, Wellness House, Honors House, and a Dean´s House. South Campus has grown substantially as a Boston University residence area since 1958, when the University first purchased Audubon Court and the forty buildings that make up the Buswell Street block. South Campus is a neighborhood community and includes Bostonians who are not students at Boston University. Such a nontraditional living environment provides a unique opportunity for students to meet new people and share ideas. Loretto Hall Loretto Hall is a four-story, coed residence community accommodating 224 students in mostly double-occupancy rooms. It offers a study lounge and kitchenette on each floor, a computer resource room with terminals linked to the campus network, a multipurpose room on the first floor, and a large recreation room in the basement. Located on the campus of neighboring Emmanuel College, Loretto Hall is a fifteen-minute walk from the center of campus, and the University provides shuttle bus service between this residence and key campus locations between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. daily.

	*OFF CAMPUS LIVING Off-Campus Services maintains listings of local, off-campus housing. New listings of privately owned apartments, houses, rooms, and people seeking roommates come in daily and generally cover the Allston- Brighton, Back Bay, Brookline, and Newton areas. Listings may be seen in the office during regular business hours. To gain access to the listings, students must have proof of affiliation with the University. Students may browse the Student Link Web site at www.bu.edu/studentlink/ for additional off-campus housing information. Notices of students seeking roommates can be found on bulletin boards throughout the campus. Off-Campus Services is located in the George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue; 617/353-3523.