Its a UW hall, nothing special. Offices on upper floors (East Asian Languages, for example), classrooms on floors 1-5. For the lifts you need a key or activated wiscard to get to floors one through five from the ground floor; waits are long between classes. So to get to floor 5 one must take the lift to the sixth floor, go down the hall and back down a flight of stairs, more if going to floor 4, etc. Messed up huh?
On the third floor they took out some vending machines and the microwave. I miss being able to get white castles and milk or choco tacos before class.
They need a printer in the lobby, and an ATM; but there is a UPS box for what its worth. The benches in the lobby and halls need cushions; it can be hard to get around the building if you're not familiar with its layout or aren't very mobile.
There's the LSS language lab on the second floor, and tech centre on the fourth floor- convenient for homework making.
The bathrooms only use those hot air blow dryers that don't work. They need to get some towels IMHO.
Parking is a real hassle; there's an underground garage if you have a permit but there's no room. The nearest handicapped/any spots are two blocks away and usually taken.
So come and enjoy fantastic Van Hise hall. If you're taking a language or various other course at UW, you probably have to anyway.
Oh, the view from floor 14, or any top floor is awesome. read more