Carpenter Tower

[YoungMUFan4]

I will be living in Carpenter tower next year and was wondering if anyone has lived there and/or what they thought of it.  I know the dimensions of the room but with the bathroom are the rooms really small or is it still okay?  Also, are you able to loft the beds?

[muarmy81]

I didn't live there but one of my friends did and their beds were lofted and yes the rooms are small.

[robmufan]

Let me tell you, if you choose to drink to the point of vomiting...that bathroom is VERY NICE!

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Let me tell you, if you choose to drink to the point of vomiting...that bathroom is VERY NICE!

Not only vomiting, but somehow making it possible to distribute salsa all over the room.

701 and 718 or 716? are the biggest rooms.

[4everwarriors]

Back in the day, Tower was a hotel, hence the private bathrooms and no cafeteria. But, if you're entertaining the opposite sex, the view over I-43 is cool and the building is used to a whole lotta shakin' goin' on.

[muwarrior87]

I will be living in Carpenter tower next year and was wondering if anyone has lived there and/or what they thought of it.  I know the dimensions of the room but with the bathroom are the rooms really small or is it still okay?  Also, are you able to loft the beds?

lived there for 2 and a half years, was an RA for 1.5 of those. Having your own bathroom is great. The rooms are a little small but depending on what your room number is, you can have quite a bit of options in setting it up. As rob said, lofting the beds is great for making more space. What's your room number going to be?

[tower912]

Lived in Tower912 for 2 years.  Rooms are big enough for a loft, most have good sized closets, too.   Can't beat the private bathroom.

[YoungMUFan4]

i will be in 0710

[muwarrior87]

That's a pretty good sized room. You'll have the modular furniture so I'm sure you'd be able to come up with something to best utilize space.

[TallTitan34]

I was in 418 and had the biggest room on the floor.  If MarqPTM or Robmufan remember what room number Alex was I think his was pretty big too.

Things to look out for:

• Don't burn your ass on the heater.  With the small bathroom dimesions its easy to run into it when changing clothes.
• Buy about seven surge protectors because you will have two electrical outlets tops in the whole room.

[robmufan]

Yeah, and as I discovered one time...it was I believe the McCormick room keys that were able to open up the door to the stairwell.  So if you have your girlfriend lie about going to the offices on the second floor...your set!

[TallTitan34]

Being it's a co-ed dorm it's a lot easier to just have your girlfriend actually live in the same building.  Or just have a girl in the building check your girlfriend in for the night.  Really there are so many loopholes its a worthless rule.

[TallTitan34]

Also if you have a d-bag roommate and would like to have the whole room for yourself ask me or MarqPTM for some pointers on how to get them out.  Very easy to turn your liveable triple into a spacious double hahaha.

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Also if you have a d-bag roommate and would like to have the whole room for yourself ask me or MarqPTM for some pointers on how to get them out.  Very easy to turn your liveable triple into a spacious double hahaha.

Levels, Jerry. LEVELS

[muwarrior87]

Yeah, and as I discovered one time...it was I believe the McCormick room keys that were able to open up the door to the stairwell.  So if you have your girlfriend lie about going to the offices on the second floor...your set!

Actually, truth is that's the weakest lock I've ever run into. Any key will open it even if it's only half way in. Hell, anything semi-key shaped will open it. That was done intentionally too.

[Jimbo]

Also if you have a d-bag roommate and would like to have the whole room for yourself ask me or MarqPTM for some pointers on how to get them out.  Very easy to turn your liveable triple into a spacious double hahaha.

I know I'm just a lurker but I can tell you TallTitan speaks the truth.  He and MarqPTM were masters at the roommate eviction.

[sv48]

Yeah, and as I discovered one time...it was I believe the McCormick room keys that were able to open up the door to the stairwell.  So if you have your girlfriend lie about going to the offices on the second floor...your set!

I have opened that door with a coin before, and also with my MU id. That lock is useless.

[TallTitan34]

I see in the other thread they asked for some pictures of a Straz dorm room.  I never lived there but here are some pictures of my Carpenter Room from about 4 or 5 years ago.  I forgot I had these.

[rocky_warrior]

Very easy to turn your liveable triple into a spacious double hahaha.

A triple in Tower?  I'm sure I read that wrong....

If so...I loved living in Tower (as a frosh & soph), but can't imagine three people in any of those rooms.

[Hards Alumni]

when I was in school it was the last place anyone wanted to live as a soph.

[reinko]

when I was in school it was the last place anyone wanted to live as a soph.

Same here.  Sophomore year Schroeder was by far the best place to live.

[TallTitan34]

A triple in Tower?  I'm sure I read that wrong....

If so...I loved living in Tower (as a frosh & soph), but can't imagine three people in any of those rooms.

MarpPTM's and my triple was in Mashuda.  Sorry for the confusion.  Although we did triple stack beds in Carpenter before... 

[yellow chickens]

i was in 511 last year. the ?10's are definately the best rooms followed by ?11. In fact, all of the rooms from ?10 on up are the biggest rooms.

[TallTitan34]

Yeah I should probably note that while I had the biggest room on the floor that room only exists on the third and fourth floors.

[tower912]

When I was there, Schroeder was considered more popular.   I had a bunch of classes in Johnston Hall and I was always a sucker for my own bathroom.   So......two years there and not a single regret.