Random request for Americans - please help!

[kappaloo]

Awhile back I mentioned that I'm going to be roadtripping through the States in May. In case you're curious... the current internary goes as follows:

Chicago -> Iowa -> Nebraska -> Denver -> Salt Lake -> Reno -> San Fran -> Yosemite -> Los Angeles -> San Diego -> Las Vegas -> Zion National Park -> Grand Canyon -> Arizona -> New Mexico -> W. Texas -> Houston -> New Orleans -> back to Canada (some how)...

Now, we're going to be camping for part of the journey, but when we're in major urban areas (or it's cold) we'd like to stay over.

Now, why am I rambling on about this? Let me explain - one of the cheapest ways to travel is by staying in College dormitories. A lot of Colleges have their Dormitories set up as "hotels" during the summer months when they aren't in major student usage.

My question is:

1. What College/University do you go to?
2. When does the School year end (april, May, june etc)
3. Does your school rent out its dorm rooms during the summer? (if you don't know... that's cool)

Thanks so much! (I tried doing this myself, but there are a LOT of college/universities in the USA!)