Elwell Hall

      As the entrance of Elwell Hall on the second floor appears, there is two sets of double doors with clear windows and black timing around the windows with silver handles. To the right of you is a ID scanner that you have to use to get inside of the resident hall. However if you do not live in Elwell hall you can not get in without a student that lives in Elwell that has student ID card to scan you in for safety reasons. After going through the two sets of double doors in front is a big tan desk that the community assistants sit if you need help. "Community assistants is a person who is supporting upcoming freshmen as they transition from high school to college," says Kylie. As you continue making your way around Elwell to the to the left of the desk there is study room for students to do there homework and study. Also to the right of the desk it two study rooms as well on the right side are two sets of tan elevators that leads you to the upstairs and downstairs of the building. Not only does residents live upstairs and downstairs but also they live on the second floor, which is the entrance floor on the right and left of the building.There are tan and red titles on the floor with tan and red benches that are place around for people to sit on.

   

Elwell Elevators

 After the sliver button has been pushed it turns red for the elevator to open up and on the side there numbers from one to seven including the ground and basement floor. On the basement there is white walls with a tan door at the end of the hall that leads you to the lounge. In the lounge there are black tables and chairs with tan cushioning and black timing around them. To the side there is a tan door with a sliver handle that takes you to the suits, where there is four people to a room. The suits usually have a bathroom connecting the two rooms with two beds per room. In the event of going upstairs there might be a wait if you take the elevators, because be are constantly going up and down. However, on the floor above is the ground floor quite like the basement with only rooms on the side. Given that on the right side is the laundry room, with constantly washing and drying machines going at the same time. To do laundry you have to go to the card center and there a machine to the left when you enter. Then you have to enter the amount of money you want on your card and scan your card for that amount to go on the ID to do your laundry. This room tends to always be warmer than the whole building because of all of the dryers. As a result of the warmth students will quickly load there clothes in and scan there ID to start there machine and come back when there clothes are finished.

       The next floor is the first floor where the card center is and where my housing is. There is green and brown carpet with tan lines and and green lines with tan circles in a square shape. On each student door there are different decorations with there name printed and who lives there. The decorations that are on the students door usually matches the hallway decorations that the ca's make before the residents move in. With being a ca "you get to meet all new residents and other ca's plus free housing and a paycheck," says Cache. On each side of the hallways are two ca's usually a boy and a girl that has ca written on there door. With being a ca come a lot of responsibility because you are in charged of your residents that are assigned to you. Some requirements of being a ca is "good academic standing and a 2.56 gpa" says Kylie. However there are some con's with being a ca, they have late meetings and desk duty. Also they are in charge of if a student is harmed in the building in anyway, which might lead them writing a incident report. For this reason all ca's are older than freshman's because they have knowledge than them and more authority. Another con is when residents are disrespectful to the ca's and when there decorations fall down after spending a long time making them for us.

Elwell Lounge

     Once you make it to the third floor it and exit the elevator in front of you is a lounge with clear windows and tan timing and on the right side on the window says student lounge. In the lounge there is a black television with sliver timing that hangs on the white wall with two red couches and two tan chairs in front with a small black table. There is green,red and brown carpet on the floor with light green and tan stripes. Also there are black tables with tan cushioning and black timing, however if you do not have ID card to scan in you can not get into the lounges on each floor. To the left is a tall grey trash can with a black bag hanging on the outside of it. Also there is this tall tan thick pole towards the back of the lounge, where the long rectangular light hangs above you. Outside the lounge there is dark grey carpet and a set of black squared like recycling trash cans also towards the left are another set of regular trash cans that looks alike. To the right is a light blue and drake blue vending machine with a selection of different kinds of drinks of juice and sodas. Where you can scan your ID card or insert your money.

Elwell Hall

   As the hall is very bright when walking down you usually see on one of the sides are the restrooms for women and men. The rest rooms are usually towards the end of the hallway that has a black sign on the tan door with white writing on it. As the door opens to enter the rest room there is brown and dark green titles with cream and tan tiles, that goes around the bathroom walls. On the side there is a medium trash can with a black and grey paper towel holder above it. On the stall side there are  three regular stalls and one handicap stall. Facing the stalls is a long rectangular mirror with five sinks underneath with a tall sliver water head that is motion censored. Towards the side of the door are three regular showers with one handicap, that aloud you to sit down in. There are white thin shower curtains that are hanging from six sliver hooks. Connected to the showers on the side is a long sliver piece where you hand up your towel. Down on the floor there is tans tiles with white lining around the edges of the tiles. With two windows near the side of the shower that are not see through.

    Elwell Hall is one of the better halls to live in because it is one of the newest halls with newer features. Like controlling your own air and heat and a window with a nice view and having better showers. Also it brings a warming welcome to freshmen's from ca's, and having a nicer hall to stay in makes you feel more at home. The ca's try to make you feel as comfortable as possible when knowing this is your fist time away from home. The here slogan is BU at BU so you wont have to be afraid and alone. Here at Bloomsburg University in Elwell Hall is all about making new friend and starting new beginnings for you to be as comfortable as possible.