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D-Hall delivers

While some over-privileged students like to complain, the truth be told, the quality and food selection in D-Hall are actually decent. I’m an eyewitness to the food set-up at a lot of similar size schools that my friends attend, and some are downright scary. While there are D-Hall entrees that are definitely avoided, the variety and consistency of the food is generally good. The international & dietary challenged students, (you know who you are), sometimes groan, but they eventually find something to eat. Granted, there’s monotony and an institutional quality to D-Hall after a time, but most students seem to make due. It’s never going to be home cooking or the Sunday brunch at the Jefferson Hotel. Most students blow campus from time to time and hit a nearby restaurant when they need a change of scenery. It is fun to listen to parents and visitors in D-Hall fawn over the luxurious surroundings and food choices versus the slop they ate in their college cafeteria back in the 1970’s.

Underrated and outstanding!

Facilities are outstanding. The school's got a healthy endowment and they've really spread the wealth around campus with new construction projects, updates to existing buildings and great attention to outdoor landscaping. Academic and administrative buildings are modern and well maintained. Same goes for the library, student center, dining hall, theater and all sports and recreational facilities. Dorms, as expected, receive the least amount of resources, although are pretty well maintained and clean. The weakest link on campus might be the UFA (University Forest Apartments) that are starting to show some age inside and out. The apartments also lack the style of the Gothic grandeur construction found elsewhere on campus, and sort of stand apart from the rest of the campus beauty.

All in all, however, great facilities at UR, housed in buildings with a lot of old world charm.