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Life in EMC's five dormitories has never been in- timate or homey. Look-alike rooms line look- alike halls and floor after floor repeats the exact same pattern of halls and doors, the college ex- pects every student who doesn't live at home to room in the dorm. Most make the best of the experience. Some even prefer dormitory living with its close proximity to the campus and its scores of possibilities for friendships. But for others, the omnipresence of the campus and the impersonal relationships that result from sheer numbers make dorm life frus- trating. A former resident of Northlawn recalls, I used to go out of my room and there was nothing but a long row of doors. It made me want to get away. Now I can come down here and feel like I'm leaving the campus behind. To the 53 girls and about seven cats who live in Martin house, Suter house, and Birchwood, the difference in scale is an important one. One Birchwood sophomore described the genius of small house living this way, I get to know peo- ple I normally wouldn't. Last year with 400 girls in one dorm I could choose who I wanted to get close to. I usually stuck to friends who were like myself. Here I don't have any choice. At first she and her friends were critical of the weird types who moved in but now one friend ob- serves, I kind of realized that people are more than just the crowds they run with. They're indi- viduals. 23
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Diane Kandel Small houses have a way of filling the social and psychic needs of their residents that larger dorms seldom achieve. Girls on Birchwood sec- ond say, When you have troubles you go to the steps and just sit there until someone comes by to talk about it. In Birchwood step-sitters aren't ignored for long. To meet other social needs the same girls have set up a combination cof- feehouse lounge in the basement where we can cook and have boys. Small houses are still like dorms in many ways, but problems like noise and hours are handled more personally. If you make noise at least people come over and tell you to shut up instead of going to tell the housemother that room 19 is making noise again. Girls who would freely violate hours at a larger dorm don't have that luxury in places like Birchwood. Their resident assistant, a student, knows everyone personally and persists in trusting each girl to come in on time. One girl who was having a fight with her boyfriend asked for a few minutes grace at 11:30. Sure, said her RA, Come in when you're ready and I'll be praying for you. Even the admittedly shabby facilities of the houses don't seem to bother most of the people who live there. One Birchwood girl aptly illus- trated the difference between small houses and the larger dormitories when she said, At least when we look out the window we see trees and homes instead of the gym and that heating plant. 24
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