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WU gauges interest in housing north of Loop

Friday, February 26, 2010 || Michelle Stein

As Washington University students prepare to make next year’s housing arrangements, the University is looking into possible options for housing expansion, specifically north of the Delmar Loop. Dean James McLeod, the vice cancellor for students, sent students a questionnaire to gauge interest in the new housing possibility, and he said the administration is still researching different options.

How to get the best of your housing experience

Monday, February 15, 2010 || Alissa Rotblatt

February fills our calendars with the start of exams and heavier work loads; we remember influential African-Americans during Black History Month; and Valentine’s Day serves as a reminder to the couples about how very lucky they are while pushing the rest of us into a depression. In addition, there is one more element to this month that many Wash. U. students find particularly daunting.

ResLife expands gender-neutral housing program

Monday, February 01, 2010 || Michelle Merlin

Washington University’s Office of Residential Life has decided to expand gender-neutral housing to the entire North Side, including the Village, Millbrook, Village East and the off-campus apartments, following a series of deliberations. The housing will be available in the fall and can be applied for in the current round of the housing process.

ResLife to house Village BLOCs in former fraternity houses

Monday, April 27, 2009 || Sally Wang

Since the eviction of Sigma Alpha Mu and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternities from their respective Greek houses on Fraternity Row, the Office of Residential Life has taken over both House 1 and House 6 to use for upperclassmen bloc housing.

All housing should cost the same amount

Friday, February 06, 2009 || Andrew Gotlieb

Several weeks ago I wrote a column discussing why I believe substance-free housing creates an unnecessary and sometimes unfair division in the Washington University community. Today I present my case for why the difference in price between modern and traditional housing creates an even more unfortunate divide.
There is almost no question that when it comes [...]

SU lobbies for expansion of gender-neutral housing

Monday, December 08, 2008 || Johann Qua Hiansen

Student Union Senate passed a resolution Wednesday recommending that the Office of Residential Life expand its gender-neutral housing program.
The proposal seeks to make gender-neutral housing, currently offered by the Office of Residential Life (ResLife) under a limited pilot program, an available option for all upperclass housing on the North Side [...]

Locked-out students turn to wire hangers, raising ResLife concern

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 || David Messenger

While most students on campus may have locked themselves out of their dormitories at some point in time, the Office of Residential Life has recently become aware that some students are using wire hangers to open their locked doors.

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