Posted by Josh G.
So we are taking the time now to show off our Cribs so you all can get a better picture of what you might be moving into soon, but i definitely couldn't leave you without a song title in the name.
I live in AMR (Alumni Memorial Residence) II Lazear House. The AMRs (there are 2 of them) house a majority of the freshman in traditional dorm style living. It’s basically you and your roommate (unless you get a single). There is a common bathroom usually not too far from your room. AMR II has a main building that houses the mail room for the AMRs and Buildings A and B along with a lounge area (that used to have a place to buy food, and they may bring it back next year) that has vending machines, a TV, and couches. Downstairs, there is a laundry room, a lounge, a kitchen, the BSU room, and some other secret nooks. It is organized into houses. In AMR II there are no physical division between the houses except for fire doors so you can move freely about.
Now for my room...
First is my Cribs video, and then for a better feel of what it's like read my written tour below.
We have a typical setup for a room that we kept from when we moved in. My roommate and I are separated at our desks by the dresser with the 
drawers next to them. This provides for a nice little changing area when you open the doors. You have to learn how to use space efficiently in the AMRs so we have lots of shared things on the middle drawers. We share a printer, a TV, and I have shelves where I keep my books and things.
Shelves are a good storage idea. I keep some food in there, some notebooks, and then textbooks and such along with all my DVDs (a collection that is slowly growing and taking over where books once were).
Each person gets a small mirror hung by the door. On the back
of the door are 2 towel bars to hang towels. We also have a MicroFridge rented through the school that stores some small perishable food items and is good for heating up soup or Easy Mac. My roommate created a little nightstand by putting a little top on crates that he uses to store stuff.
I don’t have my bed lofted at all. You can get it quarter, half, or fully lofted if you want. Or for those who get intense acrophobia, I guess you could just move your mattress to the floor. Under bed storage is a good investment. There is lots of room and getting things that help you stay organized is crucial. There is lots of room to store stuff in the back part of the bed while keeping necessary items towards the front.
In order to stop people from peeling paint off the walls, in AMR II there are 2 
walls with cork covering. This way you can hang up posters and pictures with thumbtacks. Definitely bring stuff to hang. You will accumulate more things as the year goes on, but you don’t want your wall to be blank and bland. (One of my favorite things up right now is my countdown until George W. Bush is out of office calendar that my mom got me. As of today only 298 more days!)
The desk is a place where you will spend a lot of time. I like to work in my 
room because I get distracted easily when there is no noise like in the library. Me and my roommate are always playing music while studying. The drawers are filled with dishes, utensils, and cleaning supplies in one, cables, cords, and electronic necessities in another, and papers in the top on. The top drawer is actually one of those pull out laptop trays so there are no sides on it although most people use it to just store stuff. The small drawer on the desk is a good place for school supplies. The rest of it has become a place where random things accumulate although I try to clean it up and organize as much as possible.
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