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Jacob Mor
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Audience
0 The audience for this website is mostly WIU

students but there are parts of the website

for the parents of students as while as parts
for prospective students.

The WIU Housing

Department
0 The WIU housing departments main focus is

on the student transition from home to

college life by providing a safe, affordable
place to live with all the amenities a student
could need

Several Options of Dorms

0 Freshman year you have three options on

where you would like to live. These

options include the bayliss-henenger hall
as while as tanner.
0 After freshman year you can choose
between many new building to live in,
these buildings include lincolnwashington, corbin-olson, caroline grote,
thompson.
0 The website here attempts pathos as it
refers to the dorms as a place to build

High Security Living

0 Living in the dorms is a very secure

living environment with many security

options to keep its residents safe.
0 While living in the dorms you are issued
a set of keys that allow you to unlock
the outer doors as while as the elevator
and the stairwells. Beyond this there is
also the lock on every room that can
only be unlocked by your key.

Learning Assistance in
the Dorms
0 The dorms not only offer a place to live but also a

place to learn specifically for first year students.

0 The writing center offers assistance to students
and is available for easy access to first year
students as they are located in the basements of
Bayliss and Tanner.
0 They offer support to students needing writing
help in these dorms on Sunday-Thursday 6:00-9:00
0 The website brings ethos into play by making sure
you know that the writing center is staffed by
competent English professionals.

Amenities
0 While living in the dorm you have access to

many amenities that would cost extra money

living off campus
0 Some of these amenities include cable with
over 100 channels, safe and secure Wi-Fi, airconditioning, and heating units in each room.
0 All of these are provided in all of the resident
halls and are included in the cost of living.

Dinning
0 The dining halls on campus offer many options for you to

sate your hunger.

0 All on campus students buy into the basic meal plan that
works for all dinning facilities on campus
0 The dinning facilities on campus include corbin/olson dining
center, linc/wash/grote conveniance store, bayliss
henninger dining center, tanner convenience store,
Thompson dining center, dividends, and the university
union.
0 Beyond this the website tells you that you pay for what
you eatyou dont subsidize someone else's meal by
having an ala carte meal system not a meal per day
system

Laundry
0 Every hall offers you with easy access to a

laundry facility.
0 These facilities are in the basement of all the
residency halls and contain many washers
and dryers so that their will usually be one
open.
0 The machines cost 1.25 to wash and 1.00 to
dry which is a decent price compared to
getting your laundry cleaned elsewhere.

Bus System
0 All routes are fare-free. Making go west the only unlimited

access bus system in the state of Illinois.

0 The purple and gold route go from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm
and go all around the campus stopping in front of the
dorms.
0 Night and weekend routes include the brown, maroon,
black, and burgundy, these routes run on Monday-Sunday
and stop in front of the library, the apartments, Wal-Mart,
and stop outside the bars and dorms on Friday and
Saturday.
0 You can text the number on the gowest sign at every bus
stop to see how long until the bus arrives at the stop.

Clean Bathrooms
0 Every floor in every dorm has a bathroom for its

residents to use.
0 Those dorms that have communal bathrooms also
have an employee assigned to keep them clean.
0 These employees clean the bathrooms once a day
(except on the weekends) for about an hour.
0 The cleaning responsibility being placed on a non
floor member can cut down on arguments over
cleaning responsibility and can cut down on
cleaning supplies expenses.

24 hour assistance
0 The RA (resident assistant) this person is here to

answer any question or address any problem you face.

The ra is on your floor at most times to help you with
any information you may need for your college
experience.
0 The residence hall clerk is a 24 hour information
source. This person can be called at any time to get
maintenance, file a complaint or a suggestion, and
ask for help.
0 The website again uses ethos by providing a list of all
the staff members in your building so that you know
exactly who is taking care of you and your building.

Social communities
0 Living on campus provides many

opportunities for you too meet new people.

0 Here in these dorms you have the
opportunity to make friends with the many
people who share your floor.
0 Along with this there are also lounges and
community centers in the dorms where
people can get together and hang out.

Roommate matching
system
0 This feature of western allows for you to get

matched with a roommate who is the most

compatible with you.
0 This is a very important system as your
roommate will most likely be the first person
you meet on campus and the one you spend
the most time around, so its important that
you are compatible with them.

Affordable
0 Furniture, a meal plan, electric, gas and

water, cable, all of which would cost extra

living off campus
0 The features provided to you are all provided
at a very reasonable price
0 The rate for tuition, fees, and room and board
will be fixed for a four year period and remain
in effect as long as you maintain continuous
enrollment.

conclusion
0 The WIU website is an invaluable source of

information for any one who is or is planning

on being a WIU student as while as those who
already are and their parents