The only amenities available for the dorms is a regular sized fridge (which is small for 6 people to share), stove and oven, showers and sinks. TV is on your own, but there is cable connection along with internet, heating (which is necessary for the winter) and A/C (which is great for the summer thus far). Basically, any and all appliances that you use for food processing is on you the resident. Thats right no dish washer either. But there are laundry machines in the basement. You need to bring full/queen sheets (unless you are in a single room, which you may need to have twin), pots, pans, dishes, and whatnot that you may need to survive for cooking on your own. Toiletries, etc. In terms of appliances, you may want to converse with your roommates and divide up on the appliances.
ON a side note, the summer break as of right now is 4-5 weeks and winter break is 3 weeks. There is a week break after the spring semester. However, there is talks that the summer semester (which is currently 10 wks long is going to change to 12 weeks and this will cut into our summer break)