Alice Lloyd Hall

Welcome to University of Michigan!

People have been asking me about my college life. Actually there is so much to say that I don’t know where to begin. Let’s just start, and see how my words flow.

Hill Neighborhood, Alice Lloyd @ left side, MoJo @ right.

I live in Alice Lloyd Hall for my freshman year, thanks to the LHSP. LHSP stands for Lloyd Hall Scholars Program. This is a learning community (in a learning community, all students live together, and participate in various events and courses offered by the learning community) with a focus on arts, reading, and writing. That probably explains why no matter how late I come back to my dorm, there is always someone playing piano in the Barner Lounge. Sometimes not very melodious. Sometimes the lounge even gets a singer.

Board @ 4th floor Hinsdale House, Alice Lloyd

But Alice Lloyd is not all about LHSP. There is also another program residing here, called HSSP, standing for Health Science Scholars Program. Another probably 100 students not affiliated with any learning community also live in Alice Lloyd. Apparently HSSP is more about the science of human health. In one of the Ice Cream Social of Alice Lloyd, a boy told me when he started his freshman year in HSSP, his professor showed the students a disgusting dead body. “In this way, some people might be scared away and be relieved from further disturbing stuff they might encounter in HSSP.” He said. Maybe they have the same “pre-program scaring” going on this year.

Alice Lloyd is part of Hill Neighborhood, located at the northeast corner of Central Campus. Right next to us is MoJo, another dorm building. Just renovated, MoJo is widely acclaimed for its legendary dining hall, which many believe to be the best dining hall in UM. The view in the dining hall is stunning. As for food, I actually have trouble for eating too much almost every time I dine there. They always have pizzas, burgers, sandwiches, grilled meat, spaghetti, a lot of vegetables and fruits, all kinds of drink and desert (including 5 kinds of ice cream plus sprinkles @_@). More “advanced” food, such as Asian or Mexican food, they change everyday. Why college is notoriously expensive? Here is one reason.

MoJo Dining Hall