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JUST IN

SPOTLIGHT
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington
Name: Northside Residence Hall
Opened: August 10, 2013
Cost: $32.6 million
Architect: NAC/Architecture
The new hall at Washington State University
has 302 beds, with 75 residents per ﬂoor,
including two strategically placed RAs, and
two managing staff members who live in
apartments on the main ﬂoor. The hall is
designed to attract both new and returning
residents, with a variety of room types. To
attract returning residents, half of the beds
are semi-suites with private or semi-private
bathrooms; for new students, adjustment
to college life is aided by sharing rooms in
doubles and using common bathrooms with
lockable shower rooms. Director of Housing
Bob Tattershall says, "What they want is
privacy, but what they need is community,
and that's really behind the design plan
for new students." All room types - singles
and doubles with their own bathroom,
singles and doubles sharing a bathroom,
and singles and doubles using the common
bathroom - are intermixed on each wing and
ﬂoor to create interaction amongst all classes
of students residing in Northside. The hall
also has a rooftop deck overlooking a main
thoroughfare, a two-level main public lounge,
a courtyard, meeting rooms, and three to four
quiet lounges on each ﬂoor.
For both new and returning residents,
community is paramount, and the building
design fosters community through active
lounges serving each wing of 37 or 38
residents; active lounges include a full
kitchen, T.V. and lounge area, and a laundry
with a washer/dryer ratio of 1 to every 12
residents, plus additional hookups should the
hall choose to add capacity in the future. The
same design to create accidental interactions
has been followed in previous new and
renovated halls at WSU, since 2009, and will
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be used in the future. The smaller communities
and the mix of new and returning students on
each ﬂoor create comfort in the surroundings;
students know everyone within days just by
doing their laundry and using the kitchen. WSU
staff believe that residents are more likely to feel
comfortable in their new home, in a way that is
more difﬁcult in large halls with kitchens and
laundry spaces used by hundreds of residents.
"The reports we received using the EBI survey
show a clear pattern that interaction among
residents was a primary factor in satisfaction
with a student's residence hall experience," says
Edwin Hamada, director of residence life. WSU's
next project will include many of the same
features, plus a market and café, and is due to
be completed for the 2015 academic year.

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Talking Stick - July/August 2014

Talking Stick - July/August 2014
Contents
New Member Highlight
Vision
Just In
Your ACUHO-I
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Transitions
Academic Initiatives
Academic Initiatives
Res Life
Res Life
Regroup
Regroup
Calendar
Calendar
Rising to the Occasion
Rising to the Occasion
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing
Conversations
Conversations
First Takes
First Takes
Reporting Out
Reporting Out
New Members
New Members
Snapshot
Snapshot
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Intro
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - BB1
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - BB2
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Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Cover2
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 1
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 2
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Contents
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - New Member Highlight
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 5
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Vision
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 7
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Just In
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 9
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 10
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 11
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Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 14
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Your ACUHO-I
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Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Transitions
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Academic Initiatives
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Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Res Life
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Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Regroup
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Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Calendar
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Rising to the Occasion
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Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Do the Right Thing
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Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Conversations
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Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - First Takes
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Reporting Out
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Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - New Members
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Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Snapshot
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