Kansas State University - Campus Housing - Campus Housing

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On-Campus Housing Available?		Yes
Campus Housing Capacity		5,329
Undergrads Living On Campus		37%
Number of Dormitories		10
Number of Campus-Owned Apartments		1
Best Dorms		Putnam Hall Van Zile Hall
Worst Dorms		Marlatt Hall

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As any freshman who has ever awoken to the muffled thuds of a 2:30 a.m. hallway baseball game will testify, it’s not where you end up that matters so much as the company you keep. Upperclassmen, having discovered forms of entertainment in which alcohol does not play a central role, typically make the least obstreperous neighbors. Lamentably, because so many vacate the dorms after freshmen year, they’re also the least common. Nevertheless, if peace and a pre-dawn bedtime are important to you, listing Putnam and Van Zile as your top preferences on the housing application is strongly advised: the third- and fourth-year residence hall returnees, scarce as they are, tend to gravitate there.

Though not as significant as the “who,” the “where” remains a sticking point. Take Marlatt, for instance, which is not so much a dormitory as a six-story boys’ locker room. Goodnow is cleaner and kinder, but the manner in which entire floors will sit down to dinner and discuss nothing but statics or bioclimatic design borders on the cultish. Living situations in Moore, Haymaker, West, and Boyd are hit or miss, subject to the floormate factor.

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mhaysoccer

Education '15

A

It Is Good

There need to be different dorms for people trying to actually try in school. In the room next to me the person plays guitar all night long and it is impossible to sleep.

Apr 28, 2012

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jeep1

Athletic Training '10

B+

Housing

This is a great place to live, very safe environment & fun things to do.

Apr 15, 2012

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LoganDF

Public Relations '15

A-

Great Place to Live!

I believe living in the residence halls is such a good experience I became a tour guide to show incoming freshmen how they work. The rooms are clean with their own heating/AC. Most are double-occupancy (two roommates, community bathroom shared with the rest of the wing), but singles and suites with their own bathrooms are available. The bathrooms are cleaned every day at a certain time. It varies per floor, and the only real problem is sometimes they are late getting to it and a different floor's bathroom must be used. If there is a problem with a roommate, K-State is wonderful about reworking assignments. There are a million floor opportunities, including a set time for all residents of the floor to eat dinner together to avoid the high school "where do I sit" problem. The dining halls are rated 15th in the nation by the Princeton Review. The halls also compete against each other in events like the All-Hall Volleyball Brawl. Most res halls are coed, but there are two available all-female dorms. There are all-male floors within the coed halls, but it depends on enrollment. The newest halls are in Derby complex, the halls nearest to the rec are in Kramer, and the old-fashioned "hotelish" halls are in Van Zile. Sophomores and older are also offered the opportunity to move to Jardine complex, on-campus apartment-style living.

Apr 11, 2012

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Room Types		Singles, doubles, triples, and suites for one, two, three, or four students
Bed Types		Twin extra long (36”x80”), some lofts and bunks
What You Get		Bed, cable hookup (additional charge), closet, chair, desk, dresser, local telephone service, ResNet Ethernet connection, trash can
Also Available		In addition to televisions, most residence halls rent out baseballs, baseball mitts, basketballs, bicycle pumps, board games, brooms, hammers and screwdrivers, permanent markers, ping-pong balls and paddles, pool balls and cues, soccer balls, vacuum cleaners, and volleyballs.

Available for Rent

Residence halls: TV with VHS/DVD player; on-campus apartments: dishwasher, microwave, refrigerator, and stove

Cleaning Service

Community bathrooms and public areas cleaned every weekday

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If your Saturday night date has handed you a rain check at the last possible minute, checking out a hula-hoop from the Putnam Hall front desk is always an option.

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Boyd Hall
Floors: 5
Number of Occupants: 245
Bathrooms: Community bathrooms with standard rooms, private or shared bathrooms with suites
Residents: Women only
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples, and suites
Special Features: 24-hour front desk, computer lab, exercise/weight room, laundry facilities, piano, study rooms, TV rooms

Ford Hall
Floors: 9
Number of Occupants: 448
Bathrooms: Private or shared by suite
Residents: Women only
Room Types: Suites
Special Features: 24-hour front desk, computer lab, exercise/weight room, laundry facilities, music room, piano, quiet floor, study rooms, TV rooms

Goodnow Hall
Floors: 7
Number of Occupants: 605
Bathrooms: Community bathrooms with standard rooms, private or shared bathrooms with suites
Residents: Coed
Room Types: Doubles and suites
Special Features: 24-hour front desk, architecture cluster floor, computer lab, drawing room with drafting desks, engineering cluster floor, exercise/weight room, game tables, laundry facilities, music room, piano, quiet floor, study rooms, TV rooms

Haymaker Hall
Floors: 9
Number of Occupants: 522
Bathrooms: Community bathrooms with standard rooms, private or shared bathrooms with suites
Residents: Coed
Room Types: Singles, doubles, and suites
Special Features: 24-hour front desk, agriculture cluster floor, computer lab, exercise/weight room, game tables, laundry facilities, music room, piano, pre-health cluster floor, quiet floor, study rooms, TV rooms

Marlatt Hall
Floors: 7
Number of Occupants: 594
Bathrooms: Community bathrooms with standard rooms, private or shared bathrooms with suites
Residents: Men only
Room Types: Doubles and suites
Special Features: 24-hour front desk, architecture cluster floor, computer lab, darkroom, drawing room with drafting desks, engineering cluster floor, exercise/weight room, game tables, laundry facilities, music room, pre-health cluster floor, piano, study rooms, TV rooms

Moore Hall
Floors: 9
Number of Occupants: 633
Bathrooms: Community bathrooms
Residents: Coed
Room Types: Singles and doubles
Special Features: 24-hour front desk, business administration cluster floor, computer lab, continuous housing option, darkroom, drawing room with drafting desks, exercise/weight room, laundry facilities, leadership cluster floor, music room, piano, quiet floor, study rooms, TV rooms

Putnam Hall
Floors: 5
Number of Occupants: 245
Bathrooms: Community bathrooms with standard rooms, private or shared bathrooms with suites
Residents: Coed
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples, and suites
Special Features: 24-hour front desk, computer lab, drawing room with drafting desks, game tables, laundry facilities, piano, R.E.S.P.E.C.T. program, study rooms, TV rooms

Smurthwaite Leadership/Scholarship Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 46
Bathrooms: Community bathrooms
Residents: Women only
Room Types: Doubles and triples
Special Features: Computer lab, laundry facilities, leadership/scholarship program (special application process), piano, study rooms, TV rooms

Van Zile Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 68
Bathrooms: Private or shared by suite
Residents: Coed
Room Types: Suites
Special Features: 24-hour front desk, computer lab, drawing room with drafting desks, game tables, laundry facilities, piano, study rooms, TV rooms

West Hall
Floors: 5
Number of Occupants: 291
Bathrooms: Community bathrooms with standard rooms, private bathrooms with suites
Residents: Coed
Room Types: Singles, doubles, and suites
Special Features: 24-hour front desk, community service cluster floor, computer lab, drawing room with drafting desks, exercise/weight room, laundry facilities, music room, organ, piano, quiet floor, study rooms, TV rooms

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Jardine Apartments
Number of Units: 408
Bathrooms: Private by unit
Coed: Yes
Residents: 700
Room Types: One- and two-bedroom apartments, furnished and unfurnished
Special Features: 24-hour maintenance staff, disabled-student units, laundry facilities, newly renovated apartments, on-campus location, on-site garden plots, picnic tables (grills permitted), shuttle service, year-round community programming

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