University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Preparing to bob for condoms, East Quad residents receive their in- structions from a represen- tative of the Safe Sex Store. Condomania was just one of the many programs spon- sored by RHA. Students left the event with pockets filled with prophylactics, and minds filled with useful in- formation. photo by Audra Rowley a little different Condoms. Games. Condoms. Food. Condoms. Fun. And yes, more condoms! Stuck in the mailboxes of East Quad residents, it was just a square of paper advertising the dorm ' s Condomania event. Yet it also seemed to advertise the entire spirit of East Quad: an attitude of independence. Growing out of the 1960 ' s counterculture, the Residential College set its home in East Quad and its mission as a place for students to live, learn, and explore academia in unobstructed forms. Since then, East Quad was known as a place that reflected individualism. Residential College students recognized that openness. There ' s a better mix of people here. People are more open to what everybody else is doing. There ' s such an open feeling of commu- nity that you can go door-to-door within East Quad and find someone to hang out with, and that ' s not something you could necessarily do in other dorms, said first-year RC student Frances Reade. Other students saw the small atmosphere of the RC as advan- tageous, because the same people in the classrooms were the same people in the hallways of the dorm. It ' s easier when you ' re in the hallways and you see the same by Caelan Jordan people from your classes. You know them, so everyone is moi open and more social, said sophomore RC student Rya Hutchinson. Plus, our professors have their offices in the bulk ing, so it ' s really easy to track them down. To match the residents ' free attitudes, the dorm sponsorc many activities, such as Condomania, craft nights teaching how i make Dream Catchers, and various academic lectures. In partici lar, the dorm ' s snack bar, called The Halfway Inn and common referred to as The Half-Ass, was a forum of individualism rigl in the East Quad basement. Although the RC maintained a two-year live-in requirement fi students in order to forge a sense of community, some studen were tired of East Quad and the RC system by their second yea I ' m just waiting to drop out. I was just too lazy to look for ; apartment, but now I ' m bored with East Quad, said sophomo RC student Kathleen Belanger. While the RC certainly was not for everyone, many studen enjoyed the atmosphere of East Quad. It certainly proved adva tageous when winter rolled around. As Reade said, You can ' t s East Quad isn ' t a great place if you don ' t know how nice it is never have to go out in the snow.

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Taking a moment to chat with her RA, Xanthe Wigfall pokes her head into RC senior Andrea Pullo ' s room. Pullo, like other seniors, chose to spend her last year at the University in the dorms. photo bv Audra Rowley Writing a paper in her East Quad room, senior RA Andrea Pullo enjoys the conve- nience of the computer pro- vided to her by the University. Resident advisors were provided with a computer as well as room and board. photo by Audra Rowley FOURTH JORDAN Fnint R ) vi Lisa Grup Carissa Br Andrea Ve Ashley Mi! Come, Amy photo by Sharonda Avers FOURTH JORDAN CENTER hen Stefles, W Lee, Nathan Prc rren Strong, Ciabri ' M M B .ir. Melissa Bal FIFTH JORDAN photo by Sharonda Ayers Housing 249

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