Living Learning Center (LLC)

This modern facility 1) __________ 400 students. The LLC features 2) __________, four-person suites with two bedrooms, a bathroom and a foyer. The bathroom has a toilet and shower, and the foyer area is equipped with two sinks. The suite door in the foyers opens into a corridor. Each room is furnished for double occupancy and includes two regular twin beds, two desks, two desk chairs, two dressers, window coverings, cable for television.

Each wing of the LLC features a lounge/kitchenette with cable TV, stove, microwave, and tables and chairs. 3) ____________ located at the end of each floor include computers and areas for both personal and group study.

This non-smoking coed facility is part of the Capitol Federal Center for Learning, which also includes a reception desk, a formal reading room and mailboxes for LLC 4) ___________. A classroom, two seminar rooms, laundry facilities, an activity room and vending machines are located here as well.

Kuehne & West Halls

Both of these halls are coed and feature single-gender, eight-person 5) ____________. Each suite consists of four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a large living room. Each bathroom includes a shower/tub, single sink and toilet. The suites feature either a patio or balcony, and private outside entrances open onto outside walkways. Each room is furnished for 6) ____________ and includes two regular twin beds, two desks, two desk chairs, two dressers, window coverings, cable for television, wall-to-wall carpeting. A lounge in both Kuehne and West Halls features laundry facilities, cable TV, 7) ________________, mailboxes, a microwave, stove/oven and refrigerator.

Washburn Village

Washburn Village allows up to 192 upper-level students (with at least 24 8) ______________ post-high school) to enjoy all the 9) __________________ of living on campus in an apartment-style environment. Each apartment features a living room, kitchenette and bathroom. Floor-plan configurations range from two-person/two-bedroom units to four person/three bedroom units. Each bedroom includes one regular twin bed, one desk, one chair, one dresser. Each living room includes a couch, chair, coffee table and two end tables. The kitchenette offers an apartment-size refrigerator, two-burner cook top, convection microwave, sink with 10) _________________ and countertop area with stools designed for meals and study sessions. Students living in Washburn Village have access to the Commons area, featuring a formal lounge with fireplace, conference/study room, mailboxes, reception room with pool tables, vending machines, outside patio area and reception desk and Assistant Director’ office. Laundry facilities are also located in the Commons and are open 24 hours a day for students with secure electronic card 11) _______________.

Greek Housing

Fraternities and 12) ______________ offer another 13) ________________ for Washburn students. Six of the ten Greek chapters at Washburn offer living facilities. Three of the houses are on the Washburn Campus; the other three houses are nearby. Membership in the Greek system is by 14) __________________. If you wish to join a sorority or fraternity and reside in a Greek house, you must do so before the official opening of the Washburn residence halls.

2. How is Washburn University campus different from Russian dormitories?

3. What do you think is better – living on campus or living off-campus? Give your reasons.

College Slang

Campuses have their own language: a mixture of catchphrases, slang and punch lines. Can you match the following slang words with their definitions?

INTENSIVE READING

Activity I: Orientation

1. Read the following information about the cost of attending college in the USA and calculate the average sum of money you need to pay for college per year. What is the cost of attending university in Russia?

(http://www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/add-it-up/4494.html)

2. Look at the pie charts presenting the findings from Sallie Mae’s national study of college students and parents, conducted by Gallup in 2008 and 2011. Compare the pie charts and summarize the main differences between them.

(http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/how-american-families-pay-for-college-1279.php)

How the average American family pays for college (2011)

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