Spooner
Hall is the upperclassmen
dorm at
Northern Michigan University. Spooner is also one of the
oldest dorms on
campus.
Because
alcohol is allowed in the dorm, you need to be
21 to live in Spooner. Because it's a dorm, you obviously also need to be a registered student at NMU.
Spooner is composed of 3 floors:
Tequila Sunrise,
Bourbon Street, and
Comic Strip respectively. Each floor is
divided in the
center by the main
staircase. To one side are the
single rooms. The other houses the Spooner
apartments.
The Spooner apartments house 2
students each. Each has a
kitchenette and their
private bathroom. The private
bathroom gives the residents the
privilege of not having to share the space with anyone but their
roommate. The kitchenettes have an
oven, a
gas stove, a small
sink, and some space to keep your kitchen supplies. Unfortunately, the kitchenette hasn't been renovated in a while, so the
appliances aren't the most energy efficient. The apartments also have the sleeping area separate from the kitchen/dining room area. This provides more
privacy and space.
The single rooms are the same except lack a lot of the
luxuries. The kitchen, and separate rooms are both
absent. Residents in the single rooms also need to share their bathroom with the person next to them. Each room is approximately 10'x10' instead of the 12'x12' for the apartments.
Spooner residents also enjoy the Spooner
meal plan. The meal plan gives each student $700 to spend anywhere on campus during the year. In many people's eyes, this is more flexible than the other plans because you aren't forced into consuming your
money in the
cafeterias.
Spooner Hall has some
relatively nice lobbies on the main floor which provide such
recreations as:
foosball,
billiards, a large screen
TV, numerous
couches,
vending machines, and the ability to
drink alcohol. The lobbies are where most house
meetings occur.
Spooner Hall is located a few hundred
feet south of the Cohodas
administrative building and across the street from the University Center and the health center. Spooner shares a
parking lot with one of the numerous
art buildings on campus.