Residence Hall Programming, Part I:
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Baker House (a) |
Bexley Hall (a,b) |
Burton Connor (a,b) |
East Campus (c) |
MacGregor House (b, c) |
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# of students |
337 students |
120 students |
344 students |
362 students |
326 students |
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Rm Arrangement |
Off hallway |
Suites |
Suites |
Off hallway |
Off hallway |
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Dining |
Common Dining |
No common dining |
Dining hall not in use |
No common dining |
Dining Hall not in use |
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Housemaster or GRT initiated activities |
brunches on floors, graduation and Parents Weekend receptions, dinners, meetings, house-wide study breaks, house-wide brunch, house-wide barbecue, hall study breaks |
barbecues, dinners, study breaks |
ski strip, skit night, wacky olympics, Sunday brunches, faculty dinner, Alcohol Awareness Session, programming contest w/ prizes, whale watch, Career Fair, apple picking, ballroom dancing, trips and outings |
Friday Afternoon Club -food, Apple Bake-off, Senior Dinner, Oddball olympics, study breaks, |
race relations study break, gender issues discussion, Housemaster's dinners, Assistant Housemaster's study breaks, massage class, cooking class, self-defense, sexual assault issues, entry night, book club |
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Student participation rate |
Probably 90% of the house participates in some activity. # of students at each activity ranges from 25 to 250. |
Between 23% and 100% of the students participate in each activity. |
About 80% of the students participate in some activity. Numbers for each activity range from 20 - 150 |
No Information Available |
No Information Available |
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Student initiated activities |
IM sports, parties, annual scavenger hunt, annual Baker Productions event, trips, Thursday night socials |
parties, barbecues, study breaks |
Prom, weekend trips, multi-cultural dinner, weekly socials |
No Information Available |
No Information Available |
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Spaces where activities occur |
lounges, commons, roof deck, barbecue pit, lawn |
Housemaster suite, outside grills, lounge, desk, courtyard, basement |
Dining hall, athletic fields, Housemaster apartment |
No Information Available |
No Information Available |
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Non-resident faculty participation |
No affiliated faculty. They are invited by students to a student run activity each semester, but participation levels are getting lower. |
Only to convey changes in how parties were given due to new alcohol policy |
House fellows take part in trips. Probably 5-6 faculty have an on-going relationship with the residence. |
No Information Available |
No Information Available |
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Relationships with other Institute Offices |
Med Links |
Only by individual students |
No residence-wide relationships. Some individual halls have some contact. |
No Information Available |
No Information Available |
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Desired / Recommended Programs |
No Information Available |
House forums addressing issues not just crises, cooking program, conflict resolution programs, |
Something on diversity, alcohol awareness. A fun trip or activity for the entire residence hall once per term, community dining |
No Information Available |
academic tutoring, counselor from Dean's office |
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Space planning recommendations |
a large space that is welcoming, lounge spaces large enough to accommodate all on floor, outdoor spaces. |
large kitchen area |
Large enough floor lounges, study area on each floor w/ quickstation, if no dining hall, large enough kitchen areas, recreation room, fitness room, storage w/ security, bike room, outdoor grill and picnic area, conference room, library w/ Athena cluster, dark room, drafting room, music rooms, dining hall |
No Information Available |
dining hall, entertainment facilities: game room, piano room, gym, etc. |
(a) information received in response to Housemaster query sent out week of July 6, 1998
(b) information received from MIT Residence Halls 5 Year Plans, submitted to the Dean's Office in June 1998
Part II (McCormick, New House, Random Hall, Senior House and 500 Memorial Drive)