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My campus calls them Rack Rooms, and it was the best sleep I ever had!!

Our rack room was on the third floor of our house, and had the rows of racks (beds) and a bathroom. The gigantic exhaust fans made great noise, and it was quiet 24 hours a day (unless a fraternity did a Rack Raid, but that's another story...), so I loved to go up there and nap between classes. I had my room downstairs that I shared with two other girls, and it had our sofa, desks, dressers, closets, etc. Then each girl had a rack upstairs--most were bunk beds, but a row in the middle had no bunks above them. Those were coveted and willed to younger sisters at Senior Wills.

We all had our alarm clocks next to our beds or somewhere at the foot or head of them (the cords could be very hazardous). Strangely, you only heard your own alarm clock every morning--I have no idea how I tuned the rest out, but I did. You were only allowed to push snooze one time out of courtesy for your neighbors (The fraternities had their pledges do "wakes"--they had a list of what time to come wake up the actives, which was pretty interesting if a girl was shacking with them.). Also, it was chilly up there in the winter because we always had one window cracked (to keep the air flowing supposedly), and "warmish" in the fall. People were actually sick less frequently by using the rack room than they were if they shared a sleeping room with a roommate--it seemed like the whole air-flow thing may actually have had a purpose.

To answer the other question--when you shacked at a fraternity (since no guy ever would shack at a sorority!!), you either stayed downstairs in his room or he would put up blankets and sheets around his rack for a little extra privacy.