What is a 'residence hall' or 'dorm'?

What is a 'residence hall' or 'dorm'?

With a residence hall, sometimes people call them 'dorms'—and I'm not really crazy about calling them dorms. I know that residential life staff, they like to call them residence halls, because it's not just a room. When you hear 'dorm', you think room with bed, desk, window, and maybe a bathroom outside - there should be, or outhouse, whatever your campus has. But it's really a community, and that's what a residence hall is. It's like a cruise ship, let's say, without the water and the gambling, (sometimes there's online gambling—there's internet poker). I'm saying it is like a cruise ship without the water. And it has everything for you to help you have an amazing experience; emotionally, physically, spiritually, academically. And that's why the advisor and residential hall staff like to call it 'residence hall' instead of 'dorms,' because it's something so much bigger than just a room.