HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech held a ceremonial opening of East Hall with a ribbon cutting Friday. The new hall allows 500 upper class students a place to live. The building features collaborative study rooms, fitness spaces, a game room, lounge areas and kitchenettes. The spaces were the result of input from students sharing what they wanted to see in their living space according to Vice President for Student Affairs Laura Bulleit.

“The individual rooms themselves are set up to meet more of the needs of our students today,” Bulleit said. “It’s not just a traditional dormitory hall where students come and spend the night and sleep. They’re living here, and so we need to recognize their living space and what goes into that.”

The ribbon cutting was preceded by speeches by University President R

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