On November 12, 2013, I observed the University Towers dormitory, which is an off campus dorm located on West 24th street. The dorm is 4 blocks away from campus, and it takes about 4-5 minutes to walk to campus. Towers is offered to both freshman and sophomores, but is mostly leased by freshman. The dorm has a cafeteria, fitness room, rooftop lounge, study rooms, and a front desk. Since there is so much offered to the students, many people do not leave the area. There are 10 floors, 9 of which are designated to living. The dorm rooms have three rooms- two bedrooms and a living room. Both of the rooms have a bathroom and a full closet. There are four people that live in a room. Typically, the types of people that live in towers are the out-of-state students who are involved with Greek Life. University Towers has a reputation to be the “party” dorms since it is dominated by a bunch of frat stars and sorority girls. On the weekends, you can walk down any hallway and hear music blasting and girls and boys partying from 10pm-2am. Even on some weekdays there will always be some rooms having parties. Since there are three rooms within a room, it is very easy to have others come and hangout because the living space is so large. Even though Towers has this reputation, the dorm offers multiple study rooms that residents can rent out for 2 hours in order to focus on work. University Towers dorm culture is a Greek life subculture. Most dormitories at Texas are not like Towers, but that is because dorms are subculture within the larger culture, UT.
An interview with a Towers resident:
Q: Would you consider Towers a party dorm? Why or why not?
A: Yes. No matter what time of the night it is, there is always music blasting from someone's room.
Q: Do you think it is difficult to focus and do work in Towers?
A: Not really. Although Towers is considered the Party dorm, the study rooms are very useful. You don't have to walk to the library late at night when you can have your own room in the dorm
Rooftop lounge
Fitness room
Cafeteria
Dorm rooms
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