<p>Up until 2002, the women were on the Westhampton side of the lake (D-hall’s side) and the men were on the Richmond College side (where most of the academic buildings are). The coordinate system is set up to allow the most opportunities for student leadership and to focus on the unique needs for men and women. Having a dean’s office to cater to the genders is another thing that sets UR apart from other schools and help make it unique. I think it helps with the individual attention, as the staff of the dean’s office only have 1/2 the population to worry about.</p>
<p>As a personal example of the benefit of unique deans, I was having some girl issues my freshman year and was really allowing it to affect other parts of my life. I was called into the dean’s office about grades and shared my experience with the dean. He was able to relate to the issue and openly talked about his past as well. As much as I like Dean Landphair (Westhampton College Dean), I wouldn’t have felt comfortable sharing those issues with her, just as I’m sure women wouldn’t feel as freely to discuss any issues with the RC dean.</p>
<p>Here’s just a quick read on the coordinate system for you. [University</a> of Richmond: Richmond College, Coordinate System](<a href=“http://rc.richmond.edu/aboutus/coordinatesystem.html]University”>http://rc.richmond.edu/aboutus/coordinatesystem.html) Just curious though as to why you didn’t think having separate deans and governments sounded appealing.</p>