Editing Boston University (section)

====Student housing====
{{Main|Boston University Housing System}}
[[File:WTB BU residence.jpg|thumb|A brownstone townhouse used by Boston University as dormitory]]
[[File:Warren Towers.jpg|thumb|[[Warren Towers]], the second-largest non-military dorm in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 19, 1999 |title=BU Bridge. Vol II No. February 24, 19 1998 "BU Yesterday: Third time's the dorm" |url=http://www.bu.edu/bridge/archive/1999/02-19/yesterday.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201213945/http://www.bu.edu/bridge/archive/1999/02-19/yesterday.html |archive-date=December 1, 2016 |access-date=October 4, 2013 |publisher=Boston University}}</ref>]]
[[File:Myles Standish Hall.jpg|thumb|Built in 1925 as the Myles Standish Hotel, this building was converted to dorm space in 1949. In May 2024, the Myles Standish name was removed from the dorm. It is now called 610 Beacon Street.<ref name="bu.edu"/>]]
Boston University's housing system is the nation's 10th largest among four-year colleges. BU was originally a commuter school, but the university now guarantees the option of on-campus housing for four years for all undergraduate students. Currently, 76 percent of the undergraduate population lives on campus. Boston University requires that all students living in dormitories be enrolled in a year-long meal plan with several combinations of meals and dining points which can be used as cash in on-campus facilities.<ref>[http://www.bu.edu/housing/dining/plans/index.html Boston University |Office of Housing |Dining Plans and Convenience Points |Dining Plans], retrieved May 6, 2006 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212021154/http://www.bu.edu/housing/dining/plans/index.html |date=December 12, 2009}}</ref>

Housing at BU is an unusually diverse melange, ranging from individual 19th-century [[brownstone]] [[townhouse]]s and apartment buildings acquired by the school to large-scale high-rises built in the 1960s and 2000s.

The large dormitories include the 1,800-student [[Warren Towers]], the largest on campus, as well as West Campus and [[Towers (Boston University)|The Towers]]. The smaller dormitory and apartment style housing are mainly located in two parts of campus: Bay State Road and the South Campus residential area. Bay State Road is a tree-lined street that runs parallel to Commonwealth Avenue and is home to the majority of BU's townhouses, often called "brownstones". South Campus is a student residential area south of Commonwealth Avenue and separated from the main campus by the [[Massachusetts Turnpike]]. Some of the larger buildings in that area have been converted into dormitories, while the rest of the South Campus buildings are apartments.

Boston University's newest residence and principal apartment-style housing area is officially called 33 Harry Agganis Way, "StuVi2" unofficially, and is part of The John Hancock Student Village project. The north-facing, 26-story building is apartment style while the south-facing, 19-story building is in an 8-bedroom dormitory-style suite pattern. In total, the building houses 960 residents.

Aside from these main residential areas, smaller residential dormitories are scattered along Commonwealth Avenue.

Boston University also provides [[Boston University Housing System#Specialty housing|specialty houses]] or specialty floors to students who have particular interests.

Kilachand Hall, formerly [[Shelton Hall (Boston University)|Shelton Hall]], is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of playwright [[Eugene O'Neill]]. O'Neill lived in what was originally room 401 (now 419) while the building was a residential hotel. He died in a hospital on November 27, 1953, and his ghost is rumored to haunt both the room and the floor. The fourth floor is now a specialty floor called the Writers' Corridor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berghaus |first=Robin |date=September 27, 2012 |title=Kilachand Honors College Students Get Their Own Home |url=http://www.bu.edu/today/2012/kilachand-honors-college-students-get-their-own-home/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125131055/http://www.bu.edu/today/2012/kilachand-honors-college-students-get-their-own-home/ |archive-date=January 25, 2019 |access-date=January 27, 2019 |website=BU Today}}</ref>