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The Daily Gazette The Big Chair: End of an Era
The Daily Gazette In Memory: The Big Chair

arador

They are going to build a new one. But still. :|

momof3sons

What a bummer! We loved the big chair when we visited.

interesteddad

arador:

Great reporting by the Gazette. I know that your audience is the campus, but those kinds of articles are wonderful for parents and alums.

BTW, your spreadsheet on housing lottery numbers was brilliant. What a terrific resource for students trying to plot strategy and realistically assess options.

Duhvinci

ok, i bite. what speadsheet?

interesteddad

The Daily Gazette compiled the average lottery number that bought each room on campus over the last three years.

The article is here:

The Daily Gazette Housing: The Numbers

The full spreadsheet (in PDF format) listing every room on campus is here:

http://daily.swarthmore.edu/wp-conte...-breakdown.pdf

Back when my daughter was entering the sophmore lottery (before she realized that her best bet was to get on Myrt's summer waitlist), she and I started to work on something like this and quickly gave up. The Gazette put a lot of work into this...although they may have had a head start because I think Miles was involved in the project to build a better lottery cohort computer algorithm. In any case, the room by room spreadsheet data is fantastic.

Duhvinci

thanks for the reply, i didn't see this article. i have to get away from my cubicle more.

arador

Thanks! We'll be working on a better graphical interface for that next year.

I wasn't involved in the new housing program, but I blocked with one of the designers and I am friends with the other ...

dnalorkoi1

hmmm, serves swarthmore right for not accepting me!

interesteddad

I really enjoyed the links to Jake Beckman's website (creator of the Big Chair).

He has photos of most of his Swarthmore projects:

Giant man:
JakeBeckman.com

Giant chair:
JakeBeckman.com

Giant Converse All-Stars:
JakeBeckman.com

Giant light switch on McCabe Library:
JakeBeckman.com