Is Lane Hall the best dorm at University of Delaware?
Students rated Lane Hall a 2.3/5 stars. Here's what they had to say.
There are cockroaches everywhere. There is no air conditioning. Compared to other equally priced dorms on campus (minus the ~$150 upcharge for AC which you have very little control over since you can't directly select your dorm as a freshmen), Lane Hall makes motel six look like the Ritz. Security differences between some of the other dorms and Lane Hall are worrying. While there are keycard locks at the entrance to the South Academy and Redding Hall buildings and at the entrance to each hallway inside the building. Only one keycard lock protects the four floor building. Do not listen to the RAs toeing the company line "oh, I actually liked not having air conditioning, it gave us a sense of community." Do you think that the university would install a student building supervisor who would not regurgitate such propaganda? Of course not. Martha Stewart could host an entire cooking show out of the South Academy kitchen (which is also hilariously keycard locked) as there are several wall mounted television screens and an overhead camera recording the five working stove top burners. At Lane, there is a stove older than I am and only one of the four burners function. It really isn't the custodial staff's fault either, this primarily has to do with how shitty and ancient the building is. The university bean counters seem to be vehemently against even entertaining the idea of renovating the hall, because why would they spend a year and a ton of money to renovate it when all the incoming freshmen have no other choice but to live here or claim to have asthma and get moved. In glorious conclusion, total shit box would not stay here again. Do compare to a review of one of the nicer dorms here for contrast.
