Clarkson Integrator

Issue date: 4/3/06 Section: News

Media Credit: Adam Moncure

There are six doubles and eleven quads remaining in the Woodstock apartments after the Class of 2007 Housing Lottery, which took place last Tuesday, March 28, in Cheel Arena. There are also seven singles left across the New Dorms. Riverside was full around 170 and the Townhouses filled up at about 230.

The new electronic process saved a lot of trouble, and the organizers were able to keep a running display of what rooms were left. There was less hassle with paperwork and having the forms filled out right.

Scott Davis, a current junior, said "With the closing of Congdon and very few exemptions granted, a lot of seniors, myself included, got stuck in Woodstock when we were hoping for a Townhouse or Riverside. Throughout my whole time here, housing has always been a problem."

Woodstock apartments were filled by number 1116 last year, but will probably be full by 1030 this year at the latest. The dramatic change is largely from Congdon's closing, which left fewer upperclassmen apartments available. For juniors, there will be apartments available for 56 students. There are enough doubles in the New Dorms and Moore for 488 students. That leaves about a hundred students, some of which will room off-campus due to exemptions or fraternity/sorority houses, but some students could potentially be stuck in freshmen housing for a third year in a row.

Ethan Jud, a current sophomore, said that "the vast majority of juniors next year will be on the meal plan three years in a row, something that would drive me crazy. The requirement to live on campus without a special exemption leaves almost nobody with a way out. Unless you're really lucky, you're screwed."

For those who have never been to a housing lottery before, the entire class gathers at Cheel. On the arena floor, there are desks for each of the dorm areas. Sections of numbers are called off, and the people with those numbers, as well as the people rooming with them, go up to the desk of the dorm they want to room in. This year the early numbers went slowly, but as it got to the higher numbers, things went more quickly. At the exact end of the lottery, there were twenty-six Woodstock apartments left, but after Residence Life finished placing everyone, there were only seventeen.

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