The University of Maryland, College Park is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland.

The University of Maryland provides a variety of housing options to its students with 9,601 beds spread across 39 residence halls. Students can choose from traditional rooms, semi-suites, suites, and apartments. Traditional-style halls offer double rooms with communal bathrooms on each floor, and a large multi-purpose room, kitchen, and laundry on the ground level. Semi-suite style halls have two double rooms connected by a semi-private bathroom and include study lounges, a large multi-purpose room, and a 24-hour service desk. Apartment/suite-style halls have 3-5 bedrooms with a common bathroom shared only by roommates, fully equipped kitchens, and furnished living room/dining room areas. Overall, UMD dorms provide a comfortable and varied living experience for its students.

Easton Hall is a college dorm with mixed reviews, largely shaped by issues with its facilities and staff. While the dorm boasts air conditioning—an attractive feature given many University of Maryland dorms lack it—and decent room sizes, Easton's communal bathrooms are criticized for being unhygienic and poorly maintained. Problems include persistent red fungus growth, malfunctioning fixtures, and unattractive urinal placements in women's restrooms without privacy barriers or toilet paper. Many residents report having to trek multiple floors to find a usable bathroom, with water quality issues, including brown water from showers.

The dorm's location on the far corner of north campus adds an additional five-minute walk to most destinations, which students find inconvenient. Besides facilities, the reslife staff and RAs are described as overbearing and unhelpful; residents often feel infantilized and mistreated, with the reslife events deemed superficial and lacking. Social dynamics within this Living Learning Program dorm are often described as cliquey, further exacerbating a challenging freshman experience. Despite these shortcomings, amenities like a lounge with a microwave and fridge, albeit with a non-working TV, are considered small positives.

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