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For many students attending a University such as Rhodes, it is their first time being away from home and as such their new "home" is of vital importance. For some students this new home will be found in the form of digs, for a majority of other students it will be residence. The room you will be staying in, the people you will be living with, the common room you will be watching premiership football and hating on Manchester United in are all vital aspects in your adaption to life as a first year at university. That being said there are obviously many residences to choose from. So i have compiled a list for you guys of the residences at Rhodes, basically highlighting the positives and negatives and hopefully after reading it you will be able to make an informed decision about where you would like to live.
1 - Jan Smuts House - You DO NOT want to live here. Smuts hall is credited with the worst food at Rhodes. It's residents tend to be of the rowdy sort and go out drinking on a regular occasion. Is detrimental to your trying to pick up women during o-week - They hear "Smuts" and go running for the hills. The rooms are fairly old as it is one of the older residences on campus. Kotch Creek is also located behind this residence...enough said.
2 - Cullen Bowles House - You probably don't want to live here either. Located in Kimberley Hall way up on the hill, which means walking to and from lectures is a mission. The food in Kimberley is quite awful, which just goes to emphasise how bad the food must be in Smuts. Beds are concrete blocks with mattresses on them, the rooms consist of immovable objects. The common room is located in one of the multiple buildings they have so if it's raining and you don't happen to be in that building you probably aren't going to be able to watch television or use the microwave. The one plus this residence has is that the rooms have both hot and cold water taps - not that the hot water is ever hot. This residence has bath tubs as well as showers. Not ideal but definitely preferable to Smuts.
3 - Guy Butler Residence - Perhaps I'm a little bias but this is the place to be. The res is located on the hill (but closer to campus than Kimberley Hall) in Nelson Mandela Hall. The hall has the best food at Rhodes and has the awards to prove as much. It's one of the newer residences at Rhodes, thus rooms are modern and well-sized. The res is located near the Rhodes astro turf and Prospects soccer pitches. The res has its own braai for those warm summer days. Most importantly this res accommodates an awesome group of guys and does not feature any of the negative aspects that the other residences do.
1 - Jan Smuts House - You DO NOT want to live here. Smuts hall is credited with the worst food at Rhodes. It's residents tend to be of the rowdy sort and go out drinking on a regular occasion. Is detrimental to your trying to pick up women during o-week - They hear "Smuts" and go running for the hills. The rooms are fairly old as it is one of the older residences on campus. Kotch Creek is also located behind this residence...enough said.
2 - Cullen Bowles House - You probably don't want to live here either. Located in Kimberley Hall way up on the hill, which means walking to and from lectures is a mission. The food in Kimberley is quite awful, which just goes to emphasise how bad the food must be in Smuts. Beds are concrete blocks with mattresses on them, the rooms consist of immovable objects. The common room is located in one of the multiple buildings they have so if it's raining and you don't happen to be in that building you probably aren't going to be able to watch television or use the microwave. The one plus this residence has is that the rooms have both hot and cold water taps - not that the hot water is ever hot. This residence has bath tubs as well as showers. Not ideal but definitely preferable to Smuts.
3 - Guy Butler Residence - Perhaps I'm a little bias but this is the place to be. The res is located on the hill (but closer to campus than Kimberley Hall) in Nelson Mandela Hall. The hall has the best food at Rhodes and has the awards to prove as much. It's one of the newer residences at Rhodes, thus rooms are modern and well-sized. The res is located near the Rhodes astro turf and Prospects soccer pitches. The res has its own braai for those warm summer days. Most importantly this res accommodates an awesome group of guys and does not feature any of the negative aspects that the other residences do.
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