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

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J he University implemented new regulations in 1 996 on how students chose which residence hall to live in. Students were given the option of choosing central campus, the Hill, or North Campus. In the past students ranked the residence halls in the order of their preference. Did this change in procedure change the character of traditionally loud, social residence halls? Or, It s ParTu I arii| me did the alleged party dorms live up to their reputations? LSA first-year student Jordan Young felt that South Quad paled in comparison to his expectations. I had higher expectations. I thought it would be a crazy animal house dorm. But, I ' m still happy to be here. Others found that the party dorms did live up to their reputations. Sophomore Rob Bochenek, philosophy and physics major, chose to live in West Quad for a second year. His room had been written up twice for alcohol and loud par- tying. It is what you make of it, and where you want to be. There are halls that are abso- lutely insane. Jacob Cohen, first-year LSA student agreed. It is always loud and you can never sleep. You can ' t get to bed before 3:30 a.m. or 4 a.m. It is social and people party. Jessica Lessing, first- year LSA student, chose to live in Mary Markley Hall due to its reputation. Friends from home told me that living on the Hill was a lot of fun. I wanted to be in a social dorm and Markley hasn ' t disappointed me. I love living there. Some students, how- ever, did not take residence hall reputations into consider- ation when choosing a place to live. For example, first-year student Jenny Garretson said, I chose to live in Alice Lloyd Hall because of its Living and Learning program. po dxp cuvuru Lciqn Dotwinik, LoA First -ijcar student ft resident ' s loft proudly proclaims his motto We Be Jammin ' . Residents often added personal touches to their furni- ture. utttctui au ome of the residence halls had murals painted on the walls by past residents. The art created a playful atmo- sphere in many of the halls. vsoina 310 + Reputations

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cr J he University encouraged various living and learning programs in the residence halls, but learning to live with roommates was another story. Many first-year students, accustomed to having their own rooms at home, often had to adjust to sharing space with complete strangers. For some students, the easiest way to cope with this transition was by creating room rules f?- La ijinq d own llieL aw Peter Nielsen that each roommate agreed to abide by. LSA first-year stu- dent Carrie Groskopf ex- plained that she and her room- mate talked about a few rules at first, but basically it was just understood that we would re- spect each other. Mostly we just have rules about what food we can eat and what food we can ' t. Sarah Kern, first-year LSA student had a similar sys- tem with her roommate, first- year LSA student Amy Finkel. We kind of just go along with the flow. Some things we talk about, but usually not until it starts to bother one of us. For example, we have The De- odorant Rule. ' Amy always gets up before me, and she al- ways puts on spray deodorant. I ' m usually asleep in my loft and I start choking on the fumes. Now she puts her de- odorant on in the hallway. Kern and Finkel also have a rule concerning the computer they share. Kern said, If someone has a paper to write, they have priority on the com- puter over doing email. Some students found other ways to communicate with each other. Bret Evans, first-year engineering student said that he and his roommate have a bulletin board and col- ored pushpins outside their door. Evans explained, When we use the yellow pushpin it means someone is sleeping. The red pushpin means don ' t come in. + 9Ho st roommates agree that jotting down correct phone mes- sages is very important. Answering machines were often more reli- able than written notes. icuLcuiL au A ncpte trtc LC o Le no UUXZA Jackie Dertin, LoA oopnomore Roommate Rules 4 309 Peter Nielsen

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c esidents socialize in their hallways. When students first moved into the residence halls, this was often the place to meet new people. 3rd Prescolt - Front Row: Patnugot Krisline, Cindy Pasvant, Sarah Foley, Rachel Kahn,Jen Ellis. Kai Vincent. Sara Harrison. Aidas Kuolas Row 2: Dana Beehr, Alicia Arnold, Sunshine Jenkins. Kristie Parrel, Rebecca Newton, Belitza Dominguez, Amanda Beaumont, Lee Ann Benken. Christopher Tan Row 3: Sarah Sosbe. Chris Danek. Samuel Raisanen, Shcr Eathome Mike Campbell 2nd Tyler - Front Row: Holly Burton. Winnie Liao, Katie Neighbors Row tt: Andrew McKenzie, Brian Chiu, Jon Kidd. Geoffrey Ream 3rd Tyler-Green - Front Row: Matthew S Chtasiewski, John Schlueter. Will Norris. Sarah Watts, Enka Atwood. Michael Gavin Row 2: Rehan Jaffer. Jamin Ziegler, Heidi Lubm. Ariel Hurwitz. Victor Kucek, Stella V. Gorlin. Lisa Bassani. Emily Linn Bowjfj: Colin Littler. Nicole Torre, Katy Sharkey, Ncelaa Joy Ghoshal. Qiana Woodard, Rita Chan, Bhavna Ramanlal Row 4: Mark Fagin-Hutchings, James Augustyn. Tyler Driskill, Pam Ban. Anne Reader. Gary Givcntal, Andrew ScoU, Dan Jensen iiickcr 4th Tyler-Greene - Front Row: Dan Seiden. Beth Emerson, Natasha Allen, Jane Kim. Summer Berman, Paya) Bathija Row 2: Navin Bapat, Rebecca Berkun, Jessica Bodzin, Julie Van Oss. Kris Genovese. Lisa Kolodny, Jessica Harrison Row 3: Carissa Kubicek, Calvin Lui, Charlie Walker, Troy Hawkins, Lilly Grene Row 4: Liat Weingart, Carol Ullmann, Cristopher Lahey. Abdurrahman Malaibari, Russell Hopkinson, Eric Wilson, Nicole Marriott Row 5: Michael McDaniel. Josiah Ambrose, Matt Nisbett. Melisa Gagrica, Pamela Kalte Sarah Smucker 2nd Hayden - Front Row: Brendan Fay. Harsh Padia. Ryan Donn, Josh Zable, Michael Prescott. David Stefani. Ryan Miller, Michael Carter Row 2: Brian Baldwin, Adam Siegel. Shan Yin. Axel Bemy. Tuve Floden Row 3: Gavin Kenny, David Meyer. Ari Lamstein. Morgan Ellis, Rickie Kowal. Sam Kirk, Oliver Sissman Mike Campbell 4th Hayden - Front Row : Molly Harris, Alison Bloch. Jamie Katz, Kate Pankopf. Rachel Scott, Jasper Yung Row 2: Chris Oh. Robert Murillo, Gautam Komlapurkor. Garth Heutel. Darcie Wasenko. Susan Kao. Nadine Chen Row 3: Robert Jones, Amy Grohowski, Kira Sieplinga. Karen Fauman, Shawna Lee. James Berry, Jason Kerb, Joshua Sauer East Staff -Front Row: Carol Ming Lewis, Alp Muharremoglu. Charlie Walke. Jen Ziemke. Seneca Suter. Jennifer Chen Rpyf}: Lisa Gray, Naomi Brenner. Pamela Ban. Tiffany N. Mathews. Danielle Daniels. Maria Job, Shawna Lee. Alejandro Wolben Row : Carol Whinington. Tamarah Moss, Crystal Lander. Jonathan Kidd. Amanda Smith, Jennifer Nelsen, Jeffrey Kwastel, Susan Styles. Christopher Tarn Row 4: Brian Jones. Michael J. St. John. Shan Yin. Arie Dcjong. Man Sholler. Dug Song. Jennifer Burton. Mark Heasley. Reputations + 311 Mike Campbell