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Residence House (Dormitory) Life
DIR By: StoryGod
Date: November 19, 2019, 6:59 pm
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This is for those who have never lived in a dormitory. The
StoryGod did this a long time ago, so she can sort of explain
how it's done. The reason it's "sort of" is she graduated from
college in 1984, and the last time she lived in a dormitory was
in graduate school in 1986-87. Besides the experience being a
long time ago, she was also an adult at the time. For those
under eighteen, in loco parentis kicks in, which in plain
English means you can't come and go as you please. Many people
think of dormitories as Hogwarts houses or somewhat spartan
hotels. Of course, they are neither.
At Kotiah-Yovanovitch, there is one Residence House for each
grade. Residence Houses are high rise buildings thirteen stories
tall. They are each divided into two units side by side, except
for either the thirteenth or first floor which lacks a dividing
wall. First or thirteenth floors include bunch of lounges, a
laundromat, and a computer lab and/or browsing library. You
enter your dormitory with an RFID card (your school ID or D-Card
as in dodo) that you tap. You use this same card to enter the
school's gate from outside, and to enter your suite and bedroom.
This makes curfew easy to enforce. It also provides for a lot of
security. Rich, stingy parents don't like theft or trespassers.
The Residence Houses each have a hyphenated name. There are
double and even triple names for buildings on both the Syracuse
and Cornell University. Here though, hyphenation serves an
actual purpose beyond flattering donors or honoring more than
one distinguished person. The male and female sides of each
building use only one of the names. For example, an eighth grade
female in Feynman-Mclintock, lives in Feynman. A male eighth
grader lives in Mclintock.
Kotiah-Yovanovitch Residence Houses have a suite plan. This
means that each student lives in a double bedroom (with a
roommate). For grades five through eight, these bedrooms are
arranged in a group of four to form a suite. There is also a
single bedroom in each suite for the Suite Advisor or SA. For
grades nine through twelve, a suite consists of three bedrooms
(all doubles). Half of the suites also include a single bedroom
for the Suite Advisor. The suites for high school students are
joined into pairs, and the Suite Advisor lives in the single
bedroom that is in one of the suites. The Suite Advisor is an
adult. At other schools, she might be a house parent or a
prefect, but the model the StoryGod knows is Cornell where there
are RA's, resident advisors, in the dorms.
In addition to the bedrooms each suite includes a shared
bathroom, a lounge (sitting room/common room) for either
socializing or studying, a small kitchen, and a pantry. Students
fill the pantry with food from the dining hall, that they bring
back to the Residence House in a "pantry box" stamped with their
suite number.
Depending on the student's age, there are two or three suites on
each floor. Suites get letters. Floor 6 on the McLintock, side
in Feynman-McLintock has suites 6A, 6B, 6C. Each of those suites
includes four bedrooms. A male student living in room two of
suite 6.C in McLintock lives in McLintock 6C2, though he usually
just says he lives in McLintock 6C.
Dormitory bedrooms (and those at Kotiah-Yovanovitch are no
exception) are empty shells. Students need to bring blankets,
bedding, towels, a trunk or footlocker full of clothing,
electronics, and decorations. Usually a parent drives them to
school so as to deliver all this stuff.
Students do their own laundry and wash their own linens.
Students are also at the bottom of a chain of command. Remember
that Suite Advisor. She sets suite and building curfews and
lights out/quiet hours. She watches your entrance with an app or
her phone or a web site on her computer. She is the one who
tells you to quiet down if you're noisy and the one whom you
will beg for mercy if she finds your stash of contraband. She's
also the one who will see you get to class if you are a clueless
fifth grader, and get to the infirmary if you have a strep
throat. There is more about getting along with your SA or being
an SA in the Rules.
And yes, you are going to room with a stranger.... Isn't that
fun? This is true even if you are playing a pair of roommates.
They arrive at campus not knowing each other.
Last but not least, there are no parietal rules. No one of
either gender can stay the night in someone else's room. Pretty
much anything can go with invited guests before curfew provided
you don't treat your roommate like dirt.
The StoryGod can work out room assignments as needed.
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