It is the most central college on the campus, situated beside the university's original buildings.

However, both towers today are unisex, with students sharing all facilities including bathrooms and showers.

Highlights throughout the year include orientation week, formal dinners, ski trips, the ball, floor missions.

[citation needed] In early October 2019, a fire in the South Tower and the resulting water damage from the sprinkler system led to the evacuation of 60 Otago University students, who had to sleep with friends or at the university library.

A seminar room is dedicated to former resident Mark Parker, who died in the 2002 Bali bombings.