Welcome to Elwell Hall! If you weren't a people person you are now!
(That should be the official logo.)
The halls are small but not nearly as small as they look in this picture! It's a clean place and everything is pretty new! My favorite feature in Elwell were the water fountains that you could either drink out of or fill up your water bottle in. It's great if you're a gym person and want to bring your own bottle.
Helpful hint: If you do go to the gym a lot I would suggest buying a nice water bottle from the University Store! The water fountains can be found at the gym, library, and other commonly used places.
Here's Courtney (my roomate) after Tiny the goldfish died :[ .
This year I think I'll get two betas and put a separator in between my ten gallon. It'll be a nice, healthy environment for our new little fish!
If you're wondering about what kind of animals are allowed at the University please view the BU Living Guidelines here:
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The CA's (Community Assistants) decorate the halls very often and during our move in we had such a cool theme! It was all Hollywood themed. Super cute! We had the best CA's on campus so it was obvious that we always had such creative decorations!
As for space .... well, there really wasn't much of it. We were never placed in a tripple (thank the heavens!) and we made best of the room we had. There were always decorations up and if someone wanted to come in and chat there was always room.
The drying rack you can see on the bottom left wasn't always there and most the time my hamper was tucked under my bed.
There was just enough room to fit a blow-up mattress in between our beds for sleep overs.
This was my little office space.
Yes, it really is as small as it looks.
It wasn't that bad. The only thing that was super annoying was trying to figure out how to open those drawers behind me.
During the second semester I brought my Desktop PC to Bloom. I detached the shelves you see above the computer and moved them under the window. I kept my books and shoes there for the rest of the year.
Halloween was terrible. I'm not going to tip-toe around it!
I invited dozens of people to join me in the fifth floor lounge of Elwell. I even posted on numerous social media websites.
About three people showed up (because they were walking by on their way out to a party and saw that I had bought candy.) Some people stayed and we played a few games.
A young man that I had met brought two of his friend who had only showed up for booze. They left soon after. Good riddance!
Bloomsburg University is a dry campus so even thinking that I would have alcohol in a LOUNGE was incredibly idiotic. If I even enjoyed drinking I would be way more sneaky about it! SHESH!
I would say the only time I was genuinely upset about leaving my hometown was during Halloween. I always threw THE BEST parties at home. I won't be attempting another party until I have my own apartment (which will be Junior Year. PLEASE GOD MAKE IT JUNIOR YEAR)
NOTE: Bloom U is often called a party campus and it very well is. There are dozens and dozens of apartments surrounding the campus along with Frat houses and Sororities. They're great for getting out and having a hell of a night on the town!
If I was a big boozer I'd love it!
I suppose the failure of my party was a little bit of my fault for even thinking it would be successful when the nightlife was crazy on Halloween!
Maybe this year I'll be out and about like everyone else?
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Obviously we had Christmas off but that didn't stop Courtney and I from putting up decorations.
(She's going to be a great CA this year!)
The workload wasn't terrible.
There are a lot of essay's to write and you should learn APA formatting.
There are a lot of books to buy.
There is a lot of organization.
All and all, if you have your head on straight (or even just a bit sideways, like me) you can make it here just fine!
Break up your studying with adventure! Go out with a few friends and have a walk around town!
Take pictures, play games, be young!
Courtney finally proposed to the silver husky! How romantic!
My boyfriend and I liked to take staged pictures in our spare time.
Shhh. I like to scrap book.
We always had so much fun!
Yes....those are empty juice bottles and mouth wash.
There's a park just down the road (it's within walking distance) and it had pavilions and places to grill some yummy meals! Stewart and I took some great pictures there!
Keeping a journal is always helpful. If you don't have one you should invest in one! Pay a bit more for something you'll like!
I like to buy journals that open all the way and have just enough space to write a page in every once in a while.
Doodling helped me during pretty much every anxious study session break.
There is an Apple Bee's just down the road! Here is Stewart talking about how much he loves looking at clouds and chasing butterfly's. As you can see Courtney is surprised by this behavior.
Have fun and Good luck!
