brelly

I keep hearing that you're not supposed to put holes in the walls for hanging things, but I've looked all over the housing website and can't find anyplace that says specifically their policy that you can't nail into the walls.
I'm planning on bringing curtains for my room--would it be a big deal if I drilled a couple of holes in the wall to hang the curtain rod and then filled them up again at the end of the year?

U.Va_hopeful

Well curtains are against the fire code, i'm almost positive. And the walls are a lovely cinderblock so you can't drill into them like you could a normal wall. I think you would have to have a special bit? Concrete hangers would work to hang stuff, but that doesn't really help the curtain situation...

hazelorb

Yes, curtains are no-nos when the fire marshalls are around (and okay everytime else). I put nails and such into my walls every year and they don't care. I know people who use thumbtacks to keep lightweight curtains up in my dorm. Or you could try some of those easy-to-remove command 3m hooks.

canuck01

Use the 3M hooks, just wait until after the fire marshall has come.

Also, everyone moving into first year dorms, here here early tomorrow.

caltech27

Does the bookstore sell programs like MathCAD? I also need to buy a few more textbooks tomorrow, and I'm thinking about getting there early. But is it possible that the bookstore has run out of some textbooks if I didn't previously order them online?

hazelorb

I don't know if they sell it but it's available for free on many lab computers: UVa Labs with ITC-Supported Software

ITC sells a lot of software. And don't forget about the $10 Word 2007 with student ID at the bookstore.

I don't think they'd run out, and they would order more for you if they had. But move in day isn't until tomorrow! So it's highly unlikely your books are gone already. I've had classes where I waited to buy the book and it sold out, but the bookstore ordered more and the professor knew only half of us had books so it didn't matter.

WuTangForeva

When you move into your dorm, do an inventory check to make sure nothing's broken or missing.

The work order crew are amazingly fast. You can file a work order early in the morning and they pop by 2 hours or even 1 hour later to fix whatever's broken in your room. I just changed a faulty lock this morning.

hazelorb

You also should make friends with your maintenance staff - you'll see a lot of them (...yeah) and if they like you and you're pleasant they'll come to your room first on their list. They're also cool people in general anyways.