<p>Tenchi,</p>
<p>AFAIK, Kresge does not have a dining hall - it’s all apartments with their own kitchens.</p>
<p>courgette,</p>
<p>If the Stevenson dorms still have add-on dark wood paneling in the hallways (from waist to head level to minimize holes in the halls), they will be dark and claustrophic, especially with only one lounge per dorm as opposed to three as designed. I talked to Stevenson’s administrator about that in 1998 and she confirmed that the panelling caused student complaints and retention problems. Stevenson’s dorms are IMO otherwise better than Cowell’s - better laid out and quieter. Cowell has better bus and on-campus shuttle access to anywhere.</p>
<p>Stevenson’s dining hall is closed due to the risk of injury from falling glass in the event of earthquakes. Stevenson has used Cowell’s dining hall since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Even in 1967-71 people preferred Cowell’s dining hall to Stevenson’s. I suspect it is fairly crowded these days serving two colleges with more students stuffed into the dorms than when I was there (due to conversion of the lounges to 3-person rooms).</p>
<p>The only problem with Crown for freshmen is the twice a day climb up the hill from the lower quad dorms to the cafeteria. This is a special problem for female students with short legs.</p>