Towers Hall (Georgia Tech)

Infobox_University
name = Donigan D. Towers Hall


established = 1947
type = Residence Hall
campus = FE North
city = Atlanta
state = Georgia
residents = 254 Undergraduate
free_label = Emblem
free = Roses
country = USA
colors = Blue & Gold
website = [http://www.housing.gatech.edu/assignments/undergraduate_reshalls_detail.cfm?BldgID=015 Towers Hall Site] [http://www.betterthanglenn.com Better Than Glenn]

Tower Residence Hall is a residence hall in the Georgia Tech Freshman Experience. Towers is dedicated to Donigan Dean Towers. Towers originally cost $481,000 to construct and was designed by architects Bush-Brown, Gailey, & Heffernan. [cite web|url=http://www.irp.gatech.edu/space/fac.cfm?fac=015|title=Towers Building Information|publisher=Georgia Tech Capital Planning and Space Management|accessdate=2007-06-11]

Towers was home to Dean James E. Dull during the early 1960s. While he resided in the staff apartment, he spotted a Ford Model A outside of Towers that would eventually become the Ramblin' Wreck.

Since 1990, Towers has hosted an annual haunted house in its attic. Georgia Tech students are invited every Halloween to enjoy the pranks and props in the attic created by East Campus residents. [cite web|url=http://www.nique.net/issues/2002-10-25/entertainment/2|title=Campus haunted house scares students|accessdate=2007-10-30]

Towers is an archrival to neighbor dorm Glenn Hall. Glenn and Towers compete in an annual "Battle for the Quad" in which the winner determines the name of the greenspace located between the two structures. [cite web|url=http://rha.gatech.edu/minutes/pdf/1/129|title=RHA Legislative Council Meeting|accessdate=2007-06-11] As of Spring 2007, Towers holds rights to the quad.

Towers Hall also manages to field competitive teams outside of the interhall rivalry. Towers is currently the defending champion in the Mini 500 and the only Freshman Experience Residence Hall to win the men's division since FE's first year of 1992. [ [http://www.housing.gatech.edu/features/FeatureDisplay.cfm?FEATNO=23 Residence Life Spotlight - Towers Hall] ]

In Fall 2006, Towers hall housed the infamous "triples", which was a project that put three residents into a two man room. Certain pieces of furniture were not provided to the third resident as to accommodate a third bed. When spaces became available in other parts of campus, the third resident was moved elsewhere. [cite news|first=James|last=Stephenson|url=http://www.nique.net/issues/2006-08-25/news/2|title=Housing moves 150 dorm rooms to triples|work=The Technique|date=2006-08-25|accessdate=2007-06-10] [cite news|url=http://www.nique.net/issues/2006-08-25/opinions/1|title=OUR VIEWS Consensus Opinion: Three is a crowd|work=The Technique|date=2006-08-25|accessdate=2007-06-10] [cite news|first=Ranganath|last=Venkataraman|url=http://www.nique.net/issues/2006-11-17/news/3|title=Students continue to live in triple dorms|work=The Technique|date=2007-11-17|accessdate=2007-06-10] [cite news|url=http://www.nique.net/issues/2007-03-09/opinions/1|title=OUR VIEWS Consensus Opinion|work=The Technique|date=2007-03-09|accessdate=2007-06-10]

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