Based Room

A notoriously-not-too-well-known room where they say hookah is smoked 24/7, and many an impromptu party has originated in. Located in the Sigma Nu House, the black door of this room does no barring to the late-night spirit that wants to party 'any day of the week.' It is not uncommon at all to walk past the door at some wee hour in the morning to hear some Lady Gaga or Lil' Wayne blasting through the hinges and peephole.

"Orange" Room

Experience

The orange room may sound like a weird name and calls to mind an obvious question. YES. The room is fucking orange! The walls are painted completely orange (with spatters of white paint all over) and give it a nice, soothing atmosphere. The color takes you back to a house in the middle east as you sit there smoking delectable flavors of hookah.

"Everyone, I mean everyone! is welcome in this room" are the words taken right off the tip of the tongue of Muneer Rizvydeen, and he means it. A knock on the door, usually after a call for the name and you soon admitted into the sanctum. The room has orange rope lights run around it for some extra calming mood lighting. There are numerous signatures and messages on the wall written by patrons of the room and to earn the right to sign the wall you have to have had a drink in the room. If you do not drink, let them know and they'll hand you a sharpie anyway. The room boasts a 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround sound system that can be blasted to shake the walls and music quality is generally good. The playlist of choice "Feel Good Music" is generally displayed up on the 37" mounted TV that acts as the DJ display. Generally the room tends to get too full too soon and participants and visitors to the Orange Room Experience sometime either have to come back later or squeeze in, but once a seat has been obtained, the experience is fun. There is a couch in the room, it's seats go fast, if you are ever in there and there's an empty spot that hasn't been 'seat checked', TAKE IT.

Understand that the following information describes a practice in this house which is illegal under the State of Illinois statutes that requires all living quarters in Illinois colleges and universities to be "non-smoking.

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The orange room is the place to go if you want to smoke hookah. The room is very hookah friendly and you generally do not have to provide any of the supplies (although Muneer "Moony and Chris "Mittans" wouldn't mind if you did) necessary to smoke. Just show up, grab a seat and enjoy. The testament to their dedication to hookah is shown by the numerous tins of starbuzz shisha, hoses and packs of coals lying around. A cute adornment on the wall also welcome all hookah enthusiasts here.

The Orange room and it's enthusiasts usually smoke out of a single-hose, rotating base hookah notoriously known as Blue Raja. "I think a single hose makes hookah more personal. If we all had a hose we would be busy smoking and not talking and enjoying each other or the music. Part of the fun of smoking this way is it makes you listen to other people and makes you anticipate your turn" - Muneer Rizvydeen. Because of this fact the orange room does not employ the 'Puff-Puff-Pass' policy.

Parties

If you ever attend a Sigma Nu party, make sure you stop by this room at some point in the night. The hosts are hospitable and are always welcoming. Just keep in mind that the room might be full and you may not be able to be accommodated. This place is also the place to be in the event of an after-party to a Sigma Nu party. The Orange room has given birth to some of it's own parties in the past. Most recently, the jello shot party was reported to be quite a success. The room used to sport a fully stocked bar with resident Chris Johnson generally bar-tending and mixing high-class, high-quality professional drinks. Unfortunately the bar has since been dismantled, but the drinks still keep flowing.

General Rules to keep in mind when you enter

• The 'seat-check' rule is usually enforced.
• Puff-puff-pass is not enforced but neither is azim-ing the hookah. (Azim: yes let people know what Azim stood for... only and only Azim can pull off azim-ing the hooka--Knox college knows this very well)
• Music requests are usually welcome.
• Smoking of cigarettes is not allowed in the room.
• Hookah will be smoked in here so if you cannot handle the smoke in the air, please, leave.
• Respect everyone in the room.