There are so many great places to live while attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There are always the usual instances that happen at any college dorm. Granville Towers is a co-ed residence hall where there are too many of these occurrences to ignore. As they say, it’s “the Place to be at UNC,” so let me tell you why that’s true.
1. It’s either 78 or 64 degrees with no in between.
2. There’s that one meal swiper that’s everyone’s favorite.
3. You cannot take the elevator to or from the second floor (or even third).
4. Smoothie day is the best day of the week.
5. You better not have too complicated of an order at the Agora grill.
6. It’s always awkward when you ask what floor in an elevator to a fellow hallmate.
7. Sneaking bananas (and anything else possible) will never be shameful.
8. The awful stench of the “cut through dumpsters” is torture.
9. Who came up with the idea of outdoor stairwells?
10. Seeing everyone you don’t want to see in the Agora.
11. The joy that comes with getting a package alert email.
12. Wondering if the fire alarms are actually going off.
13. Being able to hear everything in the next room over, and across the hall, and in the hallway.
14. The incredible proximity of Chipotle (and Toppers).
15. Everyone still getting Toppers delivered.
16. The always confusing rivalry between the three towers.
17. Did you even know that we have a Gift Wrapping Station?
18. There’s never a good time to go to the gym if you’re trying to use an elliptical.
19. It’s hard to leave the Agora without a mini Styrofoam cup every single time.
20. Constantly getting off one floor too soon on the elevator.
21. The people in the laundry room who will take your clothes out of the machine and put them on the floor.
22. Which light switch turns on the mirror and which is the bathroom?
23. Those select people that bathe in the tub shower.
24. The lack of conveniently located outlets.
25. There may be a competition for who can fit the most friends in one room (and the elevator).
26. Jealousy of the people living on the first and top floor because of their higher ceilings.
27. The construction blocking the direct route to Franklin.
28.The provided desk chairs giving chronic back pain.
29.The study rooms are only good for watch parties and the loudest people on the hall.
30. Always meeting new people in hall meetings.
31. Awkward elevator rides and the random things you find in them.
32. The Granville Government’s excessively large budget and what they choose to do with it.
33. When the Uber drivers never quite know how to find you.
34. The miserable one-ply toilet paper.
35. Forgetting to bring your own paper to the printer.
36. People in South Tower bragging about their three elevators versus everyone else’s two.
37.The group of guys gathered around the TV in the Agora anytime there’s a game.
38. Always debating which route to class is faster from which tower.
39. The Granville plague is all too real.
40. Dust bunnies. Everywhere.
41. Begging other people to fob you into the building.
42. Late Night Agora is always more tempting from Friday to Sunday.
43. There are incredible people who work at Granville Towers.
44. R.A.s put up with so much ... or do they?
45. Running into the same people every single day on the way to class.
46. Appreciating the little things about living in "G-Vegas."
