The Hassayampa Buildings are widely reserved for students enrolled in the W. P. Carey School of Business which is beneficial to residents in many ways. Having commonalities in interests makes it easier to become acquainted with new people. Rooms are designed facilitate a small group of friends fairly quickly as two different rooms are joined by a single bathroom. The floors are co-ed, and therefore help broaden your circle of friends to the opposite gender even further by having an excuse to see each other in the halls or elevator or something similar (ASU Tempe Campus Tour). Early in the semester, residents are encouraged to keep their doors open if they are home, which gets rid of awkward tension from knocking on a random door and allows making friends an easy task. Sometimes meeting new people seems a bit scary and out of your comfort zone but with the help of the floor leaders tension can easily be resolved.
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| My roommate and I decided to decorate a little for Halloween... |
Each floor has a Community Assistant (CA) and a Peer Programmer (PP) and they serve similar purposes yet different roles. The CA’s are the “police” of the floor, as they have the authority to write you up for breaking the rules among other reasons, but they usually will give plenty of warnings before they give you the slip. They just want things to run smoothly and have as minimal problems as possible. Peer Programmers also try to keep everyone out of trouble, except they do this through planned events. Floor and building events, such as a movie night or the highly recommended Broomball at the local ice rink, originate from Peer Programmers and the Residence Hall Association. Both the Community Assistants and the Peer Programmers work to benefit the residents of their floor, as they work together to keep people out of trouble by having fun events.
Along with the friendly staff and the way the building is designed, Hassy has two lounges available to anyone who wishes to hang out at a place other than their room. Having a lounge is a huge benefit to students, because in reality, sometimes you will want to get away from your roommate and take a break. The patio offers a relaxing view of the campus and the West side of Downtown Tempe. If the time is right, you can catch the sunset reflecting off the mirrored windows of the business buildings. Now within the lounges, there is a large refrigerator, a stove, sink and garbage disposal unit, and a number of medium sized sofas. Whiteboards and markers, cork boards, and TVs are also available for use as well. As mentioned earlier, Peer Programmers will throw floor parties or ice cream socials in the lounges to encourage residents to branch out and meet each other. Along with the lounges, students can do their laundry on the fourth and sixth floors with the six washers and dryers provided. These places serve different tasks, but doing laundry and having place to relax are very valuable when living on-campus.
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| The lounge offers a relaxing atmosphere for students. |
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