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Maryville University provides students several options to choose from when it comes to living on campus. There are four different residence halls: Mouton, Potter, Saints, and the Hilltop Apartments. Each residence hall offers a unique living experience for the students.

Mou­ton Hall

Mou­ton Hall, the old­est and cheap­est res­i­den­tial hall, is a tra­di­tional dorm setup with com­mu­nity show­ers and bath­rooms. There are four floors, three of which stu­dents can live on. The first three floors are split in half, male and fe­male. Each floor has a laun­dry room and lounge area where stu­dents can in­ter­act with one an­other. The bot­tom floor is made up of class­rooms, of­fices, a kitchen, vend­ing ma­chines and a pool table. This is a pop­u­lar res­i­dence hall for fresh­man to get the tra­di­tional col­lege dorm ex­pe­ri­ence.

“I like liv­ing on cam­pus, be­cause I can wake up 10 min­utes be­fore my class at 8 a.m. and still be on time. It is also a five minute walk from Gan­der or the gym,” Michael Harre, fresh­man, said.

 

Pot­ter Hall

Pot­ter is a ho­tel that was turned into a res­i­dence hall. Pot­ter can ac­com­mo­date stu­dents in two or three per­son rooms. Each room has its own bath­room to share be­tween room­mates. The main floor has an ex­er­cise room, ping pong table, pool table, pri­vate back­yard pa­tio and res­i­dence life of­fice. Pot­ter is coed with male and fe­male stu­dents liv­ing side by side. There were sev­eral new ad­di­tions to Pot­ter over the sum­mer; On the sec­ond and third floor, Maryville added a lounge area with a small kitchen area, a large TV  and couches for stu­dents to hang out and so­cial­ize.

Hill­top Apart­ments

The hill­top apart­ments con­sist of five dif­fer­ent units: Cedar, Elm, Maple, Oak and Pine. Each fa­cil­ity can ac­com­mo­date fifty stu­dents in ei­ther four per­son or two per­son apart­ments. The apart­ments have a liv­ing room, kitchen, two bath­rooms, and ei­ther two or four bed­rooms. The liv­ing room is fully fur­nished with a couch, chair, cof­fee table and a side table. The kitchen has all the ap­pli­ances along with a table and four kitchen chairs. On the lower level of each fa­cil­ity is a laun­dry room for res­i­dents that live there. The Hill­top Apart­ments are pri­mar­ily for up­per class­men and are the most ex­pen­sive to live in.

“I made the choice to move on cam­pus pri­mar­ily be­cause of how much more con­ve­nient every­thing is. From dri­ving to soc­cer prac­tice or be­ing here for all the events hosted on cam­pus, it is much eas­ier to be a part of it all while liv­ing on cam­pus.” Bill Sti­mac, ju­nior, said. Sti­mac is an Oak res­i­dent. If I have one com­plaint though, it would be that liv­ing in the apart­ments is a bit ex­pen­sive. Liv­ing off cam­pus is the cheaper op­tion, but does­n’t al­low the same feel­ing of be­ing around every­one all the time.”

 

Saints Hall

Saints Hall, which just opened fall of 2016, is a four-story res­i­dence hall with suite style rooms. On the main floor is a lounge area with a pool table, couches and a cof­fee bar. On the lower level is a car­dio cen­ter. A res­i­den­tial as­sis­tant is lo­cated at the main desk for any prob­lems or con­cerns. Rooms can ac­com­mo­date up to four res­i­dents who all share a bath­room be­tween two bed­rooms.

 

 

All four res­i­den­tial halls are great op­tions to choose from. Each one has its pros and cons, but it all de­pends on what the res­i­dents con­sider their pri­or­ity: pri­vacy, price or con­ve­nience.