<p>Oh, andywinterman, so true – and it can be on the weekends, too. One of the times my son visited, he was there for three nights. The first night he was “officially” having a host overnight. The other two nights I had made reservations for him at the Hawthorne Hostel, but he ended up crashing on a couch after someone offered it to him. (He actually had a bunch of offers. You can stay on campus as someone’s guest like that for longer than one night, but you can only have an official student host overnight stay the one night.) </p>
<p>By the way, the hostel is a great option. The night shuttle service at Reed will even take you back there if you stay on campus late. During the day, there’s public transit (bus) between Reed’s campus and the hostel.</p>