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Nye Hall


Nye Hall, the largest of our residence halls, houses up to 540 men and women. It is named after James W. Nye (1814-1876), Nevada territorial governor (1861-1864) and U.S. Senator from Nevada (1864-1873).

As many residence assistants will tell you, Nye and Canada Halls were built near or on an old graveyard. They like to scare you with stories that when they moved the gravesite, they only removed the headstones. This is quite untrue, but it does give credence to some of the ghost stories told about this building.

Stories of a piano being played in an empty room, weird noises coming from old rooms in the basement, and even of apparations that whisper kindly advice are spread all the time. There is no proof for any of these accounts, but they're always interesting to hear.