Campus Travel Guide

This page lists the various buildings on campus and what is in them.

Administration Building

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The administration building with pretty flowers

This building used to be where all the classes where in at Northwest. Now it is the place where administration occurs. Unlike certain halls, stairs actually go where you would expect them to: upstairs.

Colden Hall

Colden Hall is the most poorly designed building on campus. It houses all your composition and literature classes, as well as computer science classes. It is designed so that the most important classes are on the very highest floor.

Cooper Hall

Cooper Hall

The resdience hall where the Missouri Academy's students are housed. It is a part of the North Complex residence halls, and adjoins to Douglas Hall next door. It has 4 floors:

1st Floor

• The main entrance (see picture) is on the first floor. There is also another entrance on the direct opposite side, but it's inaccessible to students from the outside, and is typically a waste of time trying to get in through, especially as it takes you nowhere you couldn't go otherwise.
• The Residential Life Office (RLO) is an office with a computer and filing cabinets, and is where RCs are when they say they are working the desk. This is where you'll sign your name when you check in, sign in, and sign out. Keys, sharp objects, vacuum cleaners, and games equipment are also held here for you to check out.
• A number of administrative offices are near the RLO, including those of Diana Schmitz, Dean Cleo, Doug Daubert, Toni Streuby (commonly referred to as T-Mack - Her last name used to be Mackey), Becky Troyer, and various other people that most students will probably never meet. The conference room and a photocopier are also back there, and chances are good you'll need to use both of those at least once during your stay here.
• The main lounge is what one might call the hub of activity. This is largely due to the fact that it's among the few places both sexes are allowed to congregate. As such, it is also one of the more common places for the less subtle couples to stroke one another. For the record, we advise against such activities as this gets other people angry, and turns RCs into Nazis. The lounge is home to a pool table, a ping pong table, a drinking fountain, a big screen TV, a selection of books and movies, and a decent stereo system. Most dances are held in the lounge, as well as Academy-wide meetings.
• The computer lab is home to eight computers and a printer. Unlike the standard computers, these are actually pretty good, despite their limited numbers.
• There is a pair of study rooms with three hideously colored wall, and one clear one that they share with the computer lab. There's typically a table and chairs in these, but they have been known to not be there. There's also a computer available in each of the rooms, though they are not nearly as good as the eight next door.
• There are four vending machines: two soda, one juice, and one candy. These accept money and Bearcat cards. The candy machine is notorious for eating bearcat cards, so we suggest avoiding it altogether and buying in bulk and bringing it with you. (This also is convenient for post-10:30 hunger.)

2nd Floor

• The other main entrance is on 2nd floor, directly above the one that is locked to students on first floor. Only students and Academy faculty typically enter here. This rule is somewhat lax for families of students, as there's no handy place to park near the other entrance, and really nobody sits there watching it for non-family members. Nonetheless, we do not condone sneaking people in, but it's theoretically possible. (All guests are supposed to visit the RLO downstairs.)
• Second floor lobby (or landing, or common) is the second most common meeting place in the Academy, for much the same reason that the lounge is popular: males and females are both allowed. It is therefore the site of movie watching (typically on someone's laptop, but sometimes you'll see a small TV or a desktop computer), and LAN Parties, where the game of choice has historically been Counter-Strike. As you may have guessed, this is also the site of some indiscretions.
• In the lobby, there is a small study room that typically has a table, some chairs, a whiteboard, college pamphlets, and a typewriter (don't ask why).
• The mailboxes are also in the lobby. This is where your mail is put. You probably won't get a whole lot, but you should probably look in the little window on the front of your box at least once a week.
• There is a male wing on the east side of second floor. This is headed up by one Neal Davis, and has room for 18 students and one lounge, which is really just the first room, which has had its beds removed and a couch and TV inserted.
• On the west side, there is a female wing, which seems to follow about the same configuration. There are some minor differences, such as the placement of RC apartments.

3rd Floor

• 3rd Floor has two male wings. As such, there is no lobby as there is on second. However, third floor is endowed with three bathrooms and a lounge the size of three standard rooms.

4th Floor

• 4th floor is very much like third, but about ten feet higher in elevation and populated with females.

Cooper Hall is situated roughly in the center of the campus, near Owens Library, Garrett-Strong, and not too far from the Student Union, Station and the Administration Building.

Garrett-Strong

Garrett-Strong (GS for short) is the math and sciences building at Northwest. It's largely decorated with moose heads, biology exhibits, physics posters, and broken display cases.

Note: Computer Science classes are located in Colden Hall.