Facilities and Resources

CERAMICS STUDIO
A ceramics studio with wheels for throwing and kilns for firing is located on the ground floor north of Allen Hall in room 89. Facilities are available to students enrolled in ceramics courses and residents who can demonstrate their ability to use the equipment properly. See Catherine Wiesener in room 98 across from the ceramics studio for information about classes or studio access.

PHOTOGRAPHY LAB
Two fully equipped photographic darkrooms for the processing and printing of black and white photographs are located on the ground floor north. The photo lab is opened to students enrolled in Unit One photography courses and residents with darkroom experience. Use of the lab is available after an individual is checked out for instructions and procedures of the facility. See Brad Hudson in room 82 for details

COMPUTER MUSIC LAB
Room 74 houses an electronic music project studio with a computer, two GM synthesizers, effects processors, mixer and a cassette deck. Students interested in using this equipment should enroll in the Electronic Music courses or arrange to do independent study. See Brad Decker for more information.

MUSIC PRACTICE ROOMS
Three soundproof rooms are available for music practice; all have pianos. The practice rooms are located on the ground north floor in rooms 77 and 79. They may be used 24 hours a day and are available to all Allen Hall students. You don’t have to be taking music lessons to use the practice rooms. Pianos in the Main Lounge and the South Rec Room may be used for practice when it does not interfere with other Lounge activities. There are also electric pianos in room 157 and 155a (back of Main Lounge). Students need to bring their own headphones to use them.

Room 155a in the northeast corner of the Main Lounge is a drum practice room. A full drumset and a practice pad set are available to all students. Several people set up their own drum sets in this room knowing that all students have access to using these drums. The Drum Room Policy Agreement is available at the Allen Hall front desk. All users of drums in this room must complete this agreement in order to check out keys to this room. If you leave your own equipment in this room, please label it with your name and e-mail.

MICRO COMPUTER LAB
The microcomputer lab is located off the ground floor commons near the cafeteria and the hall library. It contains IBM compatible PC computers, a pay-per-page laser printer, a scanner and two free dot matrix printers. The computers are networked into the Housing Division computer system and into the University’s mainframes so your own software is unnecessary. On-site assistants are available for guidance and troubleshooting. If you don’t have computer experience, the University offers short courses in operations and software. Information about these courses and other means of assistance are posted in the lab.

LIBRARY
The Allen Hall Library (located next to the cafeteria) is open Sunday – Thursday 4pm – 1am, and Fridays and Saturdays 2pm – 5pm. Residence Hall libraries are independent from the University library (only URH students are allowed to check out materials).

The Allen Library offers a number of useful materials and services, including:
• Individualized help searching for books and articles at the University Library and throughout the Illinois inter-library loan system
• Reserve materials for selected 100 and 200 level courses
• Writing and term paper guides
• Old exams for over one million courses (URH Libraries are the only place outside the Greek system where you can find copies of old exams)
• Master Plots and Cliff Notes
• General encyclopedias & subject dictionaries
• Foreign language dictionaries & American Sign Language CD/dictionary
• Electronic periodical indexes (including Readers Guide, Social Science Index, and PsycINFO)
• Popular materials like those you’d find in a city library (newspapers, magazines, compact discs, popular novels, science fiction, mysteries, resume guides, road atlases)
• CDs
• Career/Resume/Job directories
• A “Unit One Authors” shelf

POSTER ROOM & OFFICE EQUIPMENT
Useful Office Supplies and Office equipment
The Unit One Poster Making Room (room 73) has the following items available for student use (equipment must be used in the poster room):
• Rolls of large poster paper
• Typewriter
• Large paper cutter
• Pencil sharpener
• Tape
• Scissors
• Markers
• Stapler
Note: The photocopy machine located in room 73 is not for general use. A public photocopy machine is available near the laundry room.

EQUIPMENT
Unit One has a variety of equipment available for hall programs (though not for personal use). Requests for equipment must be made at least one week in advance. Because the equipment is easily damaged and often temperamental, staff members (usually a PA) set-up, take-down, and, if needed, “run” equipment for events. Equipment use and staff assistance is coordinated through Laura Haber, Room 68 (4-2317). Requests for equipment can be made on a form attached to room reservation paperwork (available at the main desk).

Equipment available for programming use:
• TVs on carts
• Video players (VHS and DVD)
• Video projector (for viewing on screens located in most Allen hall lounges and class rooms)
• Overhead projectors (portable or on a cart)
• Boom boxes (CD/cassette/radio)
• Lighting tree
• 16 mm film projector
• Power Master PA system
1 mixer
1 amp
2 column speakers
• Multi-track sound system for Main Lounge use
Mackie 1202 mixer
JVC Dual Cassette deck
JVC CD player
Roland Cube 60 Keyboard
Soundtech 502 Stereo power
Soundtech monitor
2 main speakers
4 mics and mic stands
• Risers
• Portable PA System with four microphones

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