30+ years ago when I was in college there weren’t enough rooms so they made “suites” (sounds luxurious!) out of 4 rooms, added a common door and crammed 10 of us in. The “lounge/common” area was a narrow dark hallway. Really showing my age here, but the phone was a party line that we shared with the suite upstairs. 20 girls, one line. It was impossible to call home!