The Daily Jolt

ON CAMPUS

Taft Cottages
Farr Hall
Bexley Apartments
New Apartments
Old Kenyon
Leonard
Hanna
Bushnell
Manning
Watson
Caples
Mather
Special Interest
McBride
Lewis
Gund
Norton

OFF CAMPUS

KCDJ's Underground Off-Campus Housing Guide.
Don't want to live in your guarenteed 4-year housing? Check out the Off-Campus Housing Guide.

Check Out These Bad Roommate Habits.
"New roommates are like a box of chocolates,
You never know what you're gonna get."
Contribute to the Underground Housing Guide and tell us what you think about your housing!

Reslife's Guide to Choosing a Roommate

Finally, If you disagree with something we say about a residence hall, fine. Just Let us know, and we'll post your comment so the rest of the campus isn't mislead by our crazy trickery.

Did we forget something that you think is important? Send us a pigeon.

First: Every year your inbox fills with allstus from confused students asking about lottery points, numbers, new rules, which are the best dorms, where stuff is, how big room are, etc.
Second: The housing lottery is more complicated than it should be.
Third: The school doesn't have a good website with this information all in one place. We've collected every relevent stu-info, timeline, Collegian article, in recent memory.

Our Response. It was time to create one of our own. Here you can find comments, pictures, quick fact sheets about each building, floorplans (when we can find them), and more. Check out each dorm on your left toolbar. And don't forget:

HOUSING LOTTERY
SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2008
BEGINNING AT 9 AM
GUND COMMONS BALLROOM

"Important Dates for Housing Lottery 2008-09

BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A VALID KENYON COLLEGE STUDENT ID CARD & BRING IT WITH YOU TO THE LOTTERY PROCESS!

March 19 - Students will receive notification of eligibility, total points and class status for the Lottery process. Watch your Kenyon computer account for the email.

March 26 - Division Housing sign-up night at 7 pm in Gund Commons. All students who are planning to live in division for 2008-09 will be required to attend the presentation and sign the division housing roster.

March 27 - Themed Housing sign-up night at 7 pm in Gund Commons. All students who are planning to live in a themed housing area for 2008-09 will be required to attend the presentation and sign the themed housing roster.

April 4 - Last day to appeal for class status and point change. Appeals will be considered in conjunction with the Registrar's Office. Residency Credit is based on the number of semesters that the student has lived in a college residence area.

April 4 - Floor plans and room dimensions will be available on line and in the Office of Residential Life. Available rooms lists will be available -- we reserve the right to alter plans as necessary up until
the Lottery process.

April 11 - Students will receive notification of their lottery draw numbers. These personalized emails will be sent to the Kenyon computer account.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19 - GUND COMMONS BALLROOM - LOTTERY PROCESS. Seniors will begin choosing rooms at 9am; Juniors at 12:30pm; and Sophomores at 2:30pm."

"Dear Students,

Check the web for your class points,status, eligibility for the upcoming housing lottery.....
http://www.kenyon.edu/housinglottery.xml

If you do not agree with the status and/or points, please call the Office of Residential Life. Appeals will be considered only until April 4 - after that date, there will be no changes to status/points/eligibility. There will be a hard copy of the points/eligibility list available in the Office of Residential Life in Gund Commons.

Proxies - be sure to check the points and eligibility for the students for whom you are acting as a proxy.

Watch your email for important news and updates concerning the Housing Lottery for 2008-09.

Office of Residential Life, reslife@kenyon.edu"

NEWS FROM THE KENYON COLLEGIAN:

"Logistical changes aim to reduce cheating in lottery," or see the article at: www.kenyoncollegian.com
Sarah Friedman

"This year, the policy changes to the College's housing system will be matched by technical changes to its housing lottery. These changes, devised by the Housing and Grounds Committee, Student Council and the Office of Residential Life, are intended to reduce cheating, protect student privacy and increase accuracy and efficiency during the lottery. Instead of being posted in a public place as they have been in the past, lottery numbers and housing points will now be e-mailed to students by an automated e-mail system. The message will also include the student's ranking overall and within his or her class and gender. According to Computer Records Supervisor and Housing Process Coordinator for the Student Affairs Division Cathy Kempton, the information will come from a database created by Residential Life and Library and Information Services and will be sent out via a mail merge. "It's a more personal approach," said Assistant Dean of Students for Housing and Residential Life Alicia Dugas. "It's making sure that each student receives their own personal information. If a student receives a really good number they're not going to be approached by five other students to say, 'let's make a deal.'" The policy is intended to reduce pressure students may feel if other students, having seen their lottery number, try to bribe them, she said."The most important change is "sending everybody their individual lottery number to cut down on cheating," said Jack Hornick '08, chair of the Housing and Grounds Committee, who came up with the idea. On the day of the housing lottery, which will still take place in the Kenyon Athletic Center, classes will be assigned a time slot. Last year, the senior class ran over their allotted time, causing many students to sit in the KAC all day waiting for a turn to participate in the lottery. This year, Residential Life will "build in a break" between class time slots to compensate for lost time if a class takes longer than predicted to pick its rooms, said Dugas.To ensure accuracy in advertising available housing and prevent double-booking, there will be "as many different kinds of records as possible," said Hornick. Before the lottery, each student will be given a card with his name, year, lottery number and housing points. Students will "bring [the cards] up when they sign up for housing," he said, and the people running the lottery-some Residential Life employees but mostly members of the housing and grounds committee and community advisors-will keep them as a record. "This is going to be a lot quicker," said Hornick, and "hopefully make the process run smoother." Students will also be able to check available rooms on an instantaneously updated live Web feed. According to Dugas, students will be able to access the site online or view it on two overhead projectors in the KAC.Floor plans of the College's housing options will be posted in the KAC during the lottery, said Kempton, and are also always available in the Office of Residential Life. Plans and lists of amenities of some dormitories, such as Old Kenyon, already appear on the Kenyon Web site. According to Kempton, the complete plans of all housing options will probably not be available by this spring's housing lottery."