Hi class of 2021 my name is Koziah and I'm a first year student in Columbia
College, I'm studying political science and human rights.
my name is Andrea and I'm a first year in the School of Engineering and Applied Science
and I'm studying biomedical engineering and we're going to give you a tour of
Furnald our residence hall. so when you enter the building you have
to use your identification card to swipe in with a security public safety officer.
so this is the main lobby of Furnald it's one of the most beautiful places on
campus a lot of people like to sit here and relax and do their homework or watch
TV shows or really anything
so Furnald has single sex floors for those who want to live that lifestyle
and I personally live on a single sex floor it's on floor two and I'll be
showing you my room which is a double so I have a roommate and let's go in
this is my double, all doubles come with two twin extra long beds, two wardrobes
or closets, and two sets of desks and then me and my roommate we both have our
own refrigerators and you can just decorate your room whichever way you
want and also a great thing about Furnald housing is that you can raise
your beds so you can put a lot of storage under your beds or really
anything you want under your bed so I have a lot of storage.
so this is the sixth floor this is an example of one of the mixed-gender
floors this is where I live let me show you one of our hangout spots
I guess which is around. Most of Furnald's lounges look like this and are about
this size. There's a TV where you can connect your laptop to using that,
this HDMI cable so you can like watch Netflix, Hulu Plus what ever is to you
liking or just regular cable. There's obviously a trashcan, there are two stovetops,
there is one oven, two microwaves, and these cabinets are like communal
cabinets so if you have plates or whatever you can store them there and
then yeah where you can like come and work on homework with your friends or
just you know write little quotes and in the summertime cold air comes out of
those vents and you can actually control the amount that's blasted by
pushing down on this thing, you know, turning it on or off and that's all there is to show.
this is an example of the average size single in Furnald. This is a closet. The
closet comes with a full-body mirror um just in case you were wondering, mine is
a bit dirty and there's a rack where you can hang up your clothes and then a shelf
where you can put away towels or whatever. The mini fridge is something that I bought myself they
sell that normally at the beginning of the year at the thing called a eco-reps
sale - I also wanted to jump in and say that there's also full-body mirrors
in the wardrobes if you don't have one. and every room comes with
the desk, but not all rooms come with the same like set of drawers if you're lucky
like I was I got one that actually fits underneath my bed so I can like maximize
the amount of space in my room. This is the window, which you can open and then the rooms also have the same AC
vents that I mentioned before that I showed you in the lobby so let me
show you how. okay so the building the people, the maintenance people they control the
type of air that comes out of the vents so in the warmer months cold air comes
out so when you put high it'll blast high cold air and then you can choose
whether you want it to be super cold or less cold and then in the winter months
or the cooler months like this one warm air comes out so when you turn it on it
does it works the exact same way but it's just hot air. So now I'll be showing
you an example of one of the communal bathrooms in the mixed-gender floors so
they're a little bit bigger than the bathrooms on the same sex floors there's
three restrooms, there's three toilets including a handicap stall for
those who need the restroom to be handicapped. there's also about 4-5 seats and
there are three showers including a handicap shower
so in the basement there's the left side is designated for storage of bikes
so if you have your own bike you can bring it with you and you can just store
it here and then on the other side of the basement there is free
laundry for all students so you don't have to pay any sort of fees you just
have to bring your own laundry detergent and things like that but they have free
laundry machines and free dryers so that's a big plus. So we're back on the main
floor of Furnald where the big lobby is and we're gonna show you another big plus of
living in Furnald. Yes most people don't really know about this but we have our
own computer lab there are two regular Dell computers and Dell desktops and
then there's one Mac.
so another big plus while living in Furnald is that we have our own printer
on the first floor too - so you can come down from your room and all you have to
do is sign in with your uni which you should be getting later in the summer
and you have a printing quota of ten dollars a week which is about a
hundred pages.