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If you have a passion for the arts – be it performance, design or even just a general appreciation – Jones Residential College is the place for you. A community of diverse, creative individuals, Jones is known for its welcoming atmosphere. Popular traditions include performance hour, weekly munchies and SUMO, a notorious secret known only to residents. With eight practice rooms, studios for art, music and dance production, a dark room, study den and a brand new exercise room, Jones has something for everyone. Yet the crown jewel of Jones is the Great Room – a dedicated performance space for residents and student groups. All performances in this space are free for Jones residents. Located on the southernmost tip of campus, Jones is home to mostly freshman and sophomore students and is conveniently located near many Weinberg, Medill and School of Communication buildings.
“It’s super convenient location-wise. It’s right on the lake, so if you get a room that faces east you have a view of the lake. It’s right next to a dining hall, so you do technically have to go outside, but not very far. ”
Virginia Jay, Communication sophomore
“It’s a very friendly place. People don’t sing, dance and yell all the time. So it’s not like a thing people should worry when coming in, like, ‘Is it just going to be theater people screaming?’ No, there’s actually people here besides theater and even the theater people themselves have other interests. ”
Marcellus Burt, Communication sophomore
“I definitely use the practice rooms a couple times a week at least. The acoustics in the practice rooms themselves aren't the greatest, just because they weren't designed to be practice rooms, but it’s really convenient having practice rooms in here.”
Russell Pinzino, Bienen freshman
“I really like the suite-style system. It's definitely more social than hall-style because we have these lounges all over the building and you get to know people in your suite really well and even the people in the next suite over.”
Lena Dudley, Communication freshman
“It’s quaint I guess. It’s kind of dinky. Also stuff is always breaking, like the elevator, or kitchen appliances or the fire alarm [will go off].”
Victoria Lynn, Bienen freshman
Reporting by Matthew Zhang, Hyunjee Lee, Mia Zanzucchi, Arielle Schwartz, Leo Ji, Rosalie Chan, Margaret Corn, Harrison Simons, Lizzie Philip, Isabella Jiao, Virginia Nowakowski, Nicki Kaplan, Audrey DeBruine, Alejandra Fernandez, Alyssa Morvis, Missy Chen, Rachel Wolfe, Morgan Smith
Photos by Mia Zanzucchi, Christopher Bayston, Leo Ji, Virginia Nowakowski, Brianna Willis, Audrey DeBruine, Alejandra Fernandez, Missy Chen
Videos by Matthew Zhang, Hyunjee Lee, Mia Zanzucchi, Arielle Schwartz, Leo Ji, Rosalie Chan, Margaret Corn, Harrison Simons, Lizzie Philip, Isabella Jiao, Virginia Nowakowski, Nicki Kaplan, Audrey DeBruine, Alejandra Fernandez, Alyssa Morvis, Missy Chen
Editing by Tanner Howard, Austin Siegel, Morgan Kinney, Alex Duner, Erin Bacon, Petra Barbu
Design and development by Alex Duner, Tyler Fisher, Hilary Fung, Dan Hill, KK Rebecca Lai, Sheng Wu and Katie Zhu
This project is open source. Check it out on GitHub.
Data provided by Northwestern University Residential Services
Last updated May 24, 2016
