Andrews Hall

Andrews Hall is a women’s residence hall at Eastern Illinois University.

History
Andrews Hall was opened in 1964 and dedicated on September 19th of that year. It is named after Franklyn L. Andrews, a member of the English department at the time. Andrews Hall is an all female residence hall with 9 floors and a capacity of 480 residents. There are 2 elevators to service all 9 floors and there is a building wide air control system. Occasionally, one of the elevators will be under maintenance, however, causing the working one to become extremely full and increasing the wait time for it. Residents should keep this in mind when planning when to leave for class.

Floor Set-up
Andrews contains single, double, and triple rooms, although the singles are mostly for the Resident Assistants. Andrews also has an excellent set-up with regards to laundry and garbage disposal. There is a laundry room on each floor with 2 washers and 2 dryers. The washers require panther cash to work, but the dryers are free. There are also containers for recyclables, as Andrews is a large proponent of recycling, along with the entire university.

The laundry room also contains a garbage chute that the residents can just drop their garbage bags down, thereby saving them from having to bring it outside and throw it away manually. However, the door to the chute sometimes gets kicked open by a falling bag, letting the smell fill the laundry room and, if the laundry room door is open, the rest of the floor. There has also been at least one instance of the chute becoming backed up. The upper floors did not realize what had happened and kept throwing bags down as needed, thereby making the problem worse.

Dining
Andrews is very close to all of the dining halls, with the exception of tower dining. It is connected to Thomas dining directly, a short walk to Taylor dining, and is the closest of the residence halls, outside of Carman itself, to Carman dining. This gives the residents access to a number of different dining options without having to go very far.