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Room Assignments
This evening we did the annual process of selecting rooms for the next school year. The process goes in order of seniority, so current juniors (who will be seniors next year) get to pick first, then sophomores, then freshmen. A little background: Brute is in the shape of a square (as seen from above) and has two floors. So in the picture you can see the south side of Brute at the bottom (like a normal map). The south and west (left to you) sides of Brute are the residence wings, with offices on the east (right), and chapel/kitchen on the top (north). OK, right now my room is on the second floor on the south side of the room. The hallway that runs down this side is the Borromeo hallway. Currently, the freshman are on the St. Joseph hall (1st floor, west side), the sophomores on the Vianney hall (2nd floor, west side), juniors are on the Borromeo hallway (2nd floor, south side), the seniors are on the Thomas Aquinas hall (1st floor, south side).
Confusingly, there are big differences between the floors. The bottom floor is air-conditioned and all the rooms are much bigger. However, the freshmen are doubled up, so that takes away some of the benefits. Thus, the seniors get the best spots - air-conditioning and big rooms!
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| Arial view of Brute (north is up) |
Next semester things will be a bit different. There will be a new wing added on the north and south of the picture you see above. The addition on the north will be our new dining room and the addition on the south will be our new residence wing. These additions should increase the capacity here to almost 60 seminarians. The new residence wing will have bigger rooms (than even the rest of the first floor) and new bathrooms/laundry rooms. Anyway, that new wing will primarily be freshmen (doubled up), the current downstairs will be a mainly seniors (who will have single rooms - thus more space), and the upstairs will be a mix of juniors and sophomores (some of whom will be lucky enough to get 2 small rooms, and some, um, not...).
So, getting to the point of this write-up, I got to pick in the first group (because I'm a junior), and I snagged a room on the Thomas Aquinas hallway (so a floor beneath my current room and several rooms to the east). Why it's pretty awesome: it has carpet (only 2 rooms do), air-conditioning (not a big deal actually, it's been a cold spring, and last fall wasn't too bad), and two windows (my current room has three, but some of the downstairs rooms only have one, so I'm counting my blessings.)
So there you go, the residential situation for next year. Now I just need to finish up this year...
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| View down the Borromeo Hall (my room is the one with the light on) |
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