Zahm Hall (University of Notre Dame)
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| Motto: | Come Get Some! |
| Established: | 1937 |
| Type: | Residence Hall |
| Rector: | Corry Colonna |
| Location: | Notre Dame, Indiana, USA |
| Campus: | North Quad |
| Undergraduate residents: | 229 |
| Colors: | Red/Black |
| Mascot: | Ignats the Moose |
| Website: | Zahm Hall Website |
Zahm Hall is one of the 27 residence halls and one of the 14 male dorms on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. Zahm is situated between Cavanaugh Hall and its rival hall Keenan Hall on the North Quad, just east of the famous Golden Dome. Zahm houses 229 undergraduate residents in 107 rooms on four floors in addition to a basement.
[edit] Hall History
Built in 1937, Zahm Hall is home to 229 men who proudly refer to themselves as Zahmbies. Zahm is named for the Holy Cross priest, Father John Augustine Zahm, CSC, who graduated from Notre Dame in 1871. Zahm was one of the first residences at Notre Dame, and since it was erected at the northern end of campus, Zahm was the farthest hall from the center of campus and the majority of academic buildings. In the early days of the University, rooms were picked by students with the highest GPAs first, and Zahm's remote location made it a traditional last pick. For that reason, Zahm became home mostly to students who had nowhere else left to turn and who, not so coincidentally, also maintained reputations as the more "strange" students on campus. That, coupled with the Hall's distance from the school's rule-enforcing authorities, made Zahm an infamous locale for debauchery, a rarity at an otherwise austere university. However, recent changes in the rector at Zahm has led to a cracking down on parties and other "debauchery". This has led to many other male dorms becoming more popular destinations for parties on campus.
In the 1960s, the University dropped academic requirements for first housing picks, and students were henceforth assigned randomly to residence halls and houses before they arrived on campus their freshman year. Regardless, Zahm has maintained its reputation, perpetuating traditions in the forms of secret initiation rites and ceremonies that continue to this day. These secret initiation rites and ceremonies consist of nothing more than a 3 mile run that goes through Stonehenge fountain and a game of Dane Cook's famous "Whose in my Mouth?" among only Zahm boys on the first night of Freshman Orientation.
Zahm is well known for its tight-knit community and "open-backdoor" policy.
During the years of 1997-1999, Zahm Hall had the distinction of being the champion of the campus-wide broom-ball tournament for Late Night Olympics. This miraculous three-peat has yet to be topped by any other dorm. Zahm Hall, however, has failed to excel at any notable sports in the past ten years.
Zahm is also known for its longstanding tradition of community service. Residents used to volunteer with a program called There Are Children Here (TACH) that enables youth from troubled homes to escape from their domestic situations by going to a camp outside of town. All of the profits from Zahm's Foodsales (a pizza kitchen located in the basement) used to be donated to TACH. Unfortunately, in late 2006, due to time constraints with the program's director, TACH had to temporarily halt weekly activities, but still hosts children from nearby Chicago for weekend trips. In the school year of 2006-2007 Zahm began to give its Foodsales profits to the Hannah and Friends Foundation, founded by Notre Dame's football coach, Charlie Weis.
On March 27, 2007 the Notre Dame student senate finally passed the frequently proposed resolution to officially recoginze Zahm Hall as "Zahm House," a nickname that had been applied to the hall since 2003.
[edit] Famous past residents of Zahm Hall
- Film & Television
- Regis Philbin - famous television personality
- George Wendt - film & television actor
- Basketball
- Business
- Steve Odland - CEO of Office Depot
- Edward J. DeBartolo - Businessman, and former owner of the San Francisco 49ers
[edit] References
"Zahm Hall Profile," University of Notre Dame. Zahm Hall Profile
"Zahm Hall Website," University of Notre Dame. Zahm Hall Website
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