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Contents:
General Information
Mail
Laundry
Bike Racks
Vending & Pay phones
Recycling
Card Access Systems
Hazardous Materials
Heat
Extras
People to Know
Employment |
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| GENERAL INFORMATION |
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Named after a county in southern Maryland
Date Opened: 1932
A complete building renovation was finished in Fall 1989
Co-ed hall living -- Apartment Living
98 capacity
71 women, 27 men
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| MAIL |
Letters and small packages are delivered to your
mailbox located in your apartment stairwell.
Small packages and registered mail will be received at the North
Hill Service Desk in the basement of St. Mary's Hall. |
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| LAUNDRY |
Room 0112 in Dorchester Hall
6 Washers and 7 Dryers |
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| BIKE RACKS |
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There are 10 bike racks on the north side of Dorchester Hall
near the first floor entrance.
Secure bikes to these racks only. Any bicycles found locked
to handicap ramps, outdoor railings, trees, or in stairwells
will be removed. Bikes left here over the summer are considered
"abandoned" and will be removed from bike racks.
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| DOOR RELEASE SYSTEMS |
| For your convenience and security, you can unlock
the outside door to grant access to your guests using a door
release system installed in your building. Guests may call you
from the visitor telephone located beside each outside door
to advise you they are waiting outside. Depressing the "lock
release" button located in your living room will momentarily
unlock the outside door so your guest(s) can enter.
For your personal safety, never open the stairwell door for
someone you don't know.
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| VENDING & PAY PHONES |
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Vending machines are located off the basement of St. Mary's
Hall and in the Dorchester Hall laundry room.
There is a pay phone in room 0108.
Pepsi refills 800-626-3935
Pepsi repairs 800-562-6800
Snack machine refills 800-511-5340
Refunds:
www.dbs.umd.edu/corp
Change machine refunds 800-229-7837
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| RECYCLING |
Collection points:
Basement corridor: Plastic, glass, metals, aluminum, and newspaper |
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| ELECTRONIC SECURITY
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Your building is equipped with an electronic security system
which consists of card readers and prop monitors.� Cards readers
read the magnetic stripe on your student identification card
to grant access to residents, staff, and authorized others.�
Prop monitors sense whether exterior doors and interior security
doors are closed and latched securely, and sound horns to
notify residents and staff if they are not.� In most cases,
closing the door will silence the horn.� Some special application
locks and horns must be reset by a staff member.
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| HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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ASBESTOS
Floor tile: None, removed during last renovation
Pipe Insulation: None, removed during last renovation
Additional Asbestos Information
LEAD
Paint: Some exterior; none on interior
Solder on Copper Pipes: Copper pipes with lead
solder
Additional Lead Information
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| HEAT |
| Your heat/air conditioning is provided by an
air handler heating/cooling system. A thermostat located in
a common area of your apartment will both tell you the current
temperature within the apartment and allow you to regulate the
temperature. Just below the thermostat is an Energy Conservation
Button. Each morning at around 8:30 AM the system shuts off;
anytime after that, you must depress the button to re-activate
the system.
Within some apartments, this system is supplemented with
a fan coil unit located under each window. There is a little
door on the unit that you push open to access the fan controls.
In addition, some units have a thermostat knob which needs
to be switched from air conditioning to heat. Please note
that once the entire building is converted from air conditioning
to heat and vice versa, the fan coil unit will only provide
heat when the thermostat is set at heat; otherwise, it will
simply circulate the air in the room.
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| EXTRAS |
| BUNKING BEDS -- If you would like to bunk
your beds, you may do so by borrowing the pins for oak bed ends
from Resident Life's South Campus Office located in 0200 Calvert
Hall.
MICROWAVE OVENS are not allowed in the resident rooms.�
Some floors own a microwave oven which is secured in the floor
lounge; check with your RA.
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| PEOPLE TO KNOW |
Building Services Staff Assignments
Natalie Webb, x47465, North Hill Zone Supervisor
Patsy Thomas, Building Chief
Jerome Gardner
Brian Hain, x43486, Biologist
North Hill Community Staff
Dale Hough, Maintenance
Gus Mueller, Carpenter
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NEED A JOB?
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| Employment opportunities are available year-round,
including summer full- or part-time positions.� Summer jobs
have discounted housing.
Workships!!� Once hired into one of our positions, you may
elect to have all or a part of your anticipated salary put
toward your room fees as a workship agreement.
Call x57440 or come to our Student Employment Office, located
in the Leonardtown Office Building, for additional information.
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