<p>i have heard that most people like the traditional better? can anyone confirm this or explain why? i was going to pick modern due to the newer, cleaner buildings but i am not sure!</p>
<p>I wouldn't say the modern style is any cleaner than the traditional ones... it just looks nicer due to the pretty white drywall instead of the offwhite cinderblocks. </p>
<p>People are definitely divided about which type they like... but those who love the "traditional" style (like me) usually feel that it's more social. Basically, the traditional dorms have two community bathrooms on each floor, one mens and one womens. The modern dorms have many bathrooms - two rooms share one - meaning that you go through 2 doors to get into your room. As a result, in the old dorms people tend to leave their doors open, and wander around the halls more... so you see more people, have more random conversations with people, etc. In the new dorms it's less common to leave both of your doors open, and there's in general less socialization out in the hallways.</p>
<p>Obviously, the atmosphere will depend greatly on the people on your floor, so there are definitely social floors in both types of dorms</p>
<p>The other differences that people point out are the benefits of having your own bathroom, the nice common areas in the new dorms, the thinner walls in the new dorms (so more noise from neighbors), and the fact that you can't just duct tape stuff to your wall in the new dorms without taking off a huge chunk of wall when you rip it down :) (Ok, so maybe i'm the only one that finds that important, hehe)</p>
<p>when it says Beaumont/ Lee and Umrath/ Rubelmann does that mean they are the same building? do u think its worht it to live in a healthy living community?</p>
<p>The dorms are listed together because they're in the same Residential College... which basically just means there are activities planned that the two dorms do together. Beau and Lee are across from eachother, as are Ruby and Umrath. </p>
<p>When I was a freshman (in 2000, god that sounds so long ago), the healthy living community didn't really mean anything. If anything there were some optional activities related to having a healthy lifestyle. This definitely could have changed though. I was in sub-free housing - which actually does have an affect... there are many more rules, and harsher consequences, but you get a different type of people, and much less of a chance of huge parties thrown next door when you need to study.</p>