University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES Living and learning all in one BY ERIN C. RICHARDS or many, one of the biggest fears about starting college is living in one of the dorms. This is totally, in most cases, unfounded. The experience of living here in one of the Universityis Residential Colleges is, to be rather generic, a once in a lifetime experience. The University of Miami is the proud home to five Residential Colleges. These are: Hecht, Stanford, Eaton, Mahoney, and Pearson. The University is one of only who you live with. In the residential colleges, students may have a roommate, suitemates tin Mahoney, Pearson and Eatoni, their floormates, R.A.is tresident assistantsi, and their Residence Masters and Coordinator all as neighbors. These people all play different roles in the Residential Colleges, but all are equally impor- tant in making the on-campus living experience a pleasant one. R.Afs, students who live on your floor and are employees of the Residential College, five schools in the United States with Residential Colleges, as they are known, and each are dif- ferent in their architectur- al layout, texcept HeCht and Stanford, which are known as the towersi but the same in the types of ,1 people who live there. The people are the most important aspect of Residential College life. Many freshman and some upperolassmen Choose to live in the Residential Colleges just so they can meet new people. As anyone who lives in one of the five residential colleges can tell you, it is impossible not to meet the people 26 F EATURES Students must pass their 'Cane Cards through electronic readers before they can enter Mahoney Residential College. Photo by Christie Lewerentz

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outdoor locations and rescheduled for January. President Edward T. Foote II and his wife, Roberta, host this annual picnic at their house, for freshmen and transfer students, to embark on new beginnings at the University Of Miami. It was rumored that even President Foote was singing the familiar ChildfClTS lyrics Of: Rain, Rain go away, Come back another day. Perhaps the rain was good for some as it gave students a good excuse to get some studying One of the reasons I chose to come here, outside the education realm, was for the weather, but it seemed, at first, like I was in an Amazon Tropical Rain Forest. - Jonathan Steckler The horrible rainy weather turned the Coral Gables campus into an tAmazon Tropical Rain F o r e s t , according to f r e s h m a n J o n a t h a n Steckler. Photo by Eileen Cukier done. But for the most part the hOh-stop rain was nothing more than a nuisance. The unpre- dictability of the rain ruined plans of students to Obtain athletic activity and go out, be it day or night. A native Floridian, Samir Parikh, com- mented Oh the weather by say- ing, The rain never lets up in this Sunshine State? The heavy rain season Of 95 gave new meaning to the often heard phrase ttIts raih- ing cats and dogs? FEATURES 25

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1g . ,to. are probably one of the most important parts of residential life. RAYS are there when you need a shoulder to cry on, a friend to laugh with, and someone to understand what is like to be a student away from home for the first time. In addition to all this, R.Afs are also in Charge of planning floor programs for you and all the other stu- dents on your floor to participate in, and to get you motivated in school. Some of the more popular Floor Programs included Floor Dinners and You can tell so much about a person from when they take take a shower. Getting to know someone Students ..... 7- , ' , take time out from their busy sched- ules to play the parody of Monopoly, Coneopoly, in Hecht Residential CoHege. Photo by Williom Loi those students who like to be able to mix with a trealt family now and then. Some Masters let students use their homes for Floor Dinners, a sleepover, a party, or dorm programs. Residence Masters are also a great addition to Residential College life because in a dorm there is incredible independence, but sometimes when it becomes hard to deal with, the Masters are there to lean on. But the real reason Residential College life is so Floor Sleepovers. Both of these activi- ties took place in one of the Residence Masters apartments. much fun is the people. On any given night, there will be people in the halls dis- is as easy as brushing your teeth? - Catherine Popofotis R e s i d e n C e Masters live in ground floor apartments in all the Residential Colleges. These people are fac- ulty at the University, and often have families who live with them. This is especially great for cussing why they want to become a doctor or..a photojournalist, and why you should never oroler Chinese from the restaurant they just ordered from. tContinued on following pagel F EATURES 27