Dorms and what they were like

I am sure many people wonder what the living arrangements are like in the dorms there. Well the building is 16 stories high.
I only went to the 8th floor as that’s where I had friends, and the rooms got worse as you went higher. My friend Elena had cockroaches in her bathroom, quite a contrast to my newly furnished suite, but you learn to deal with it. I was lucky. Anyway the dorms curfew was 11 p.m. if you weren’t back to the building by then you were SOL, and locked out until 6 am the next day. Sometimes you could bribe a guard to let you in if you paid him.
You had this check point where guards sat behind a glass booth, and when you walked in that you had to swipe your card through to get into the dorm. I also got stopped by the guards and questioned about my laundry at 2 a.m. This is when the only available washer in the dorm was free. I had to wait for the key, and no one ever knew where it was. The key was only for students on the international floor. Other things to note were that since curfew was at 11p.m. most of the parties were held in the dorm at night. You could always find one with ease.
There was also a little store where you could buy food, school supplies etc. The clerk Galena, was a sweetheart. I didn’t really understand what she was saying half the time, since she didn’t speak English, but a nice enough woman.
There was also an internet lab in the dorm where you would pay 10 rubles for an hour. 10 rubles equaled about 50 cents. I had to use the computer lab because I didn’t have access in my room, and didn’t until the last week of the semester.
The carpenters tore out all the wiring and didn’t have it fixed until the last week in November. Yeah that was good timing. I left December 11th.