Live Coverage of Housing Lottery Tonight

by Heather Riley, James Connelly and Jasmine Shin
compiled by Whitney Pettibone
edited by Adam Stahl

Housing Lottery 2010 begins tonight at 6pm in the Field House.  Live coverage will be updating here, in The Exchange, of the free houses and the ones that have been picked for next year. Heather Riley will begin tonight with the upcoming seniors.  James Connelly will report on the junior housing for next year, and Jasmine Shin will be reporting on the sophomore housing for next year.

Housing Lottery for Next Year Seniors:

Heather Riley (6:07pm) Ken Ervin is explaining how students will get what they put in.  For example: if they sign up for a Lakeview Townhouse, you will get a Lakeview Townhouse.  The crowd seems excited, they cheered when Irving started to talk.  The Field House is pretty full.

HR (6:09pm)  They are going to go through name by name and call it three times.  If no one comes up to sign up for a house, they miss out and onto the next name.  There are five tables set up for Lakeview and Sawmills.

HR (6:11pm) First houses called are Sawmills and Efficiencies.  He calls a few groups at a time to keep it organized and running smoothly.  So far so good.

HR (6:16pm) They just took the sign down for the Sawmill table.

HR (6:19pm) Saw Mills is full because they were only filling three apartments in Sawmills for next year.

HR (6:21pm) No one can sign up for Sawmills anymore.  The three apartments Irvin was looking to fill, are full.

HR (6:22pm) Lakeviews 12-20 seem to be the most popular.  There is a large group standing in front of that table.

HR (6:23pm) So far everything is running smoothly.  No one has had any complaints and students are leaving with what they wanted.

HR (6:26pm) Irvin made an announcement to speak with a few students.  Hopefully there was no mix-up or roster problems.

HR (6:29pm) The Fieldhouse is emptying out and getting quiet.  There are still no complaints.  Everyone I have talked to has gotten the exact housing they wanted.

HR (6:31pm) It has already been thirty minutes.  Most of the students have already picked.  This is a lot faster than last year.

HR (6:34pm) Lakeview Townhouses 7-12 are gone.

HR (6:41pm) Fieldhouse is just about empty.  According to Mary Holland, a current junior, she said this year’s lottery went way better, was more efficient and organized.

HR (6:43pm) The final group is picking their housing for senior lottery!

HR (6:50pm) Ervin said they did extra research this year and looked at retention numbers.  Everyone who signed up for either a Lakeview or Efficiency go what they wanted.  Even people who didn’t have full rosters got what they wanted. They filled 220 beds in thirty minutes.  Senior lottery went very smoothly.  We will see about the juniors.

Housing Lottery for Next Year Juniors:

James Connelly (6:47pm) Junior housing will be starting in about ten minutes.

JC (7:01pm) People are heading into the Fieldhouse.  Junior housing is about to get underway.

JC (7:07pm) Lottery is about to start.  The directions are being given.

JC (7:09pm) The first three groups of four that are called are all females.  People are clapping.

JC (7:11pm) Mountain View apartments will have renovations this summer.  The next three groups have been called.

JC (7:17pm) Things are going smooth.  They have already gone through thirteen apartments.

JC (7:22pm) The people leaving seem very excited.

JC (7:24pm) Twenty-three groups have gone and picked apartments so far.

JC (7:26pm) The people sitting in the bleachers who haven’t gone don’t look thrilled.

JC (7:35pm) They have gone through thirty-six groups so far.

JC (7:46pm) Towers “D”, “E”, “F”, “H”, “J”, “K” are all full.

JC (7:52pm) Towers “A” and “B” are filled.

JC (7:53pm) Freshman are crowding the entrance to the gym.

JC (7:59pm) The Towers are filled for the most part.  There are a few beds open in different apartments.  The last of the residents are talking about where they are going to live.

JC (8:05pm) There are only a few sophomores left, they are setting up for freshman right now.

JC (8:10pm) The Fieldhouse is getting packed with freshman and they aren’t even being let in yet.

Housing Lottery for Next Year Sophomores:

Jasmine Shin (8:02pm) The majority of the freshman class showed up to the field house early.  Everyone seems anxious.

JS (8:03pm) Ashley Cruz, freshman, says, “This is chaotic and I am confused about what to do.”

JS (8:07pm) Anthony Amorello, freshman, says, “I am tired and hot.  This is dumb and I don’t even think I am going to get my pick.”

JS (8:15pm) The freshman just got let into the gym to start the lottery.

JS (8:18pm) Everyone is seated on the bleachers and waiting for instructions.

JS (8:22pm) Everyone is annoyed.  They are complaining about the wait and how they had to wait outside and now that they are in the gym, nothing is happening.

JS (8:34pm) People are picking rooms, things are moving smoothly.

JS (8:40pm) People are trying to figure out who is in their hall now.

JS (8:42pm) Everyone is trying to get rooms in Cheshire Hall.  It seems to be the popular choice.

JS (8:44pm) People are quieting down now.  They are realizing they might not get the room of their choice.  Everyone is wondering which buildings are filling up quicker.  There is a line of people for Cheshire Hall males.

JS (8:48pm) Monadnock Hall male rooms are full.

JS (8:51pm) There is a huge circle around the table for Edgewood Hall female.  They are fighting for rooms.

JS (8:54pm) There is one room left for females in Edgewood Hall.

JS (8:57pm) Edgewood Hall female rooms are all gone.

JS (8:59pm) Cheshire Hall male rooms are full.

JS (9:02pm) The only rooms left are in Edgewood Hall for males, and Monadnock Hall for female single rooms.

JS (9:04pm) Edgewood Hall male rooms are the only ones left.  All the remaining males are called over to that table.

JS (9:20pm) Housing lottery is over.  Everyone got rooms in Edgewood, Monadnock and Cheshire Halls.  The remaining students who did not get room had to choose a random room in one of the three halls, with or without their roommate.