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Located in the heart of South Campus academic buildings, East Fairchild, also known as the Communications Residential College, is a smaller dorm home to budding screenwriters, vigilant journalists and dedicated engineers alike. With four lounges on every floor, each of which finally received some much-needed new furniture last summer, residents are hard-pressed to choose where to do their homework or talk with friends. For a break from the schoolwork grind, students flock to one of the two screening rooms, the in-house exercise room or the main lounge to forge lasting friendships with other residents. Many students say they feel instantly immersed in a tight-knit community by participating in secret traditions from day one.
“There is always something going on at CRC, making it incredibly easy to get involved but also low pressure to attend every single event. CRC mirrors the NU social scene unlike any other dorm.”
Robert Babich, Communication freshman
“I think CRC compared to a lot of other residential halls and residential colleges has smaller facilities and some might see it as worn down, we did get renovated this past year, so we have nice carpeting, loftable beds, which is nice. I think the community and the size, it’s about 100 to 110 people plus non-residents members really allows a lot of people to people to get to know each other, along with the suites, which are really cool places to hang out.”
Robert Cunningham, Communication sophomore
“Living in CRC is a blast! Everyone's super fun and super weird. There's a real sense of community here that's mostly because of the awesome, crazy people.”
Connor Lifson, Communication freshman
“CRC was a great community to come into freshman year because everyone was so welcoming and friendly. The screening rooms we have are great for bonding with other CRCers over favorite movies, and CRC has the best location on campus, especially for School of Comm, Medill and Bienen students.”
Megan Ballew, Communication freshman
“CRC is definitely a community that welcomed me to Northwestern and made me feel at home during my transition to college freshman year. I've made so many friends and memories living here, and the facilities are completely unparalleled. It also helps that it has about a 60-40 freshmen to upperclassmen ratio. Because of that, many of my friends are sophomores who have given me sage advice throughout the year.”
Kelly Shi, Communication 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
