Maple Hall
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| Maple Hall | |
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| Richardson Court Association | |
| Opened: 1967 | |
| Closed: n/a | |
| Reopened: {{{reopened}}} | |
| Number of beds: 490 | |
| Hall Director: Craig Zywicki | |
| Houses: Cranor House Forbes House Friant House Hayden House Knowles House Schilling House Walls House Young House |
Maple Hall was renovated in the late 1990's and was re-opened in 1999 as ISU's first Fresh Start dormitory. Maple Hall was also one of the first RCA buildings to transition from same-sex to co-ed. Though it is connected to Larch Hall and Willow Hall, Maple has air-conditioning, furniture, carpet, single bathrooms and showers, and suite-style living spaces. Maple also houses a conference room and "couch room."
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[edit] Relevance To Those Looking For Housing
This was the first residence hall to introduce Fresh Start. Fresh Start is a program similar to the "Freshman Year Experience" at many other universities.
There was much debate about the hall as it seemed to be a love/hate building. Positives were its new furniture, bathrooms, and air conditioning. Negatives were the Fresh Start requirements, the double security locks into the building, onto the elevators, the computer labs, and the lounges. Security features to the computer labs and to the lounges, however, could be averted with a simple door stop without triggering an audible alarm.
However, most of the Fresh Start-specific complaints are moot as the program no longer exists; removed due to pressure from students who wanted to live in the building beyond their first year, and probably because the silly rules looked even sillier compared to all of the brand new apartments springing up around Ames which were cheaper. Who knows? Remnants of the program remain as part of the culture of the residence hall community.
[edit] Old Traditions
Many old traditions of Maple Hall disappeared after the renovation, due to the different type of student (i.e., male) living in Maple. It was rumored that the Department of Residence managed to lose every single carefully packed box containing each house's records and hall board records. HOWEVER, all of these historical items are in the care of the Iowa State University archives, preserved for the past, present, and future. Looking for the old, baby grand piano? Check the Oak-Elm parlor. A newer upright piano is now in the main lounge.
- Maple Hall was all-female from 1968 - 1998. This resulted in all sorts of pranks for those men found in the building "after hours" - the least of which being that the only men's restroom in the building was in the always-locked laundry room.
- Maple Hall was heavily involved with Homecoming and VEISHEA until the mid-90s riots.
- Every fall, the houses would host a building-wide Open House for a massive moving party under the pretext of finding a "brother house." After brother houses were found, the building would host a giant party in the MWL Commons to welcome their brother houses.
- Brother-Sister floor "matings" still occur every year, resulting in various courting rituals and subsequent events. Some floors, such as Hayden and Knowles, remain monogomous from year to year.
[edit] New Traditions
- The Maple weekly newsletter is the Maple Gazette, preserving the integrity of the old newsletter The Weekly Wipe, but including a frequent multilingual component. The Maple Gazette is the most read newsletter in all of Story County.
- Every week, some of the Maple staff gather in front for the Maple Cigar and Pipe Club meetings.
- Calling 572-9001 from the den and conversing with passers-by
[edit] People
Check out Category:Maple Hall People for Rofflehaus users who lived in Maple Hall!
Craig Zywicki - Maple Hall Director from Fall 2002 - Spring 2006.
Heather Phillips - Maple Hall Director from Fall 1999 - Spring 2002.
Kim Araya -- Maple Hall Director from ? - Spring 1998.
Matt Newcomb - Ex-resident (Friant House) and Community Advisor (Cranor House)
Dan Nguyen - Academic Resource Coordinator for Walls House (2003-2004), Community Advisor for Friant House (Fall 2004)
