Residence Hall/ Roommate announcements-

happygirl837
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:40:21 +0000

suesam and TymeflysBy –

I live in PW (one of our side doors is several feet from one of Knott’s side doors) and most of my best guy friends live in Knott and they absolutely love it! I know Knott’s president who served both last year and will again this year – and he is so intense about Knott spirit that he basically singlehandedly won Knott Hall of the Year last year. He did this by planning tons of academic, spiritual, and social events both in-dorm and with other dorms. You can always spot Knott guys at pep rallies and other events like that with their bright orange shirts and bright orange beanies. Last year, their dorm signature events included “A Rodeo and What-Knott” (mechanical bulls, Texas chili, pie-eating contest, music, hosted a game watch for the Penn State game) and “Knott on the Knoll” (free food and different bands played). Their rector Brother Jerome, known to everyone as BroJo, is quite old and very out-of-it, so to speak, so you shouldn’t have too many problems with strictness, though things never really get out of hand there either. The dorm itself is very nice, built in 1988, gorgeous chapel, has air conditioning, rooms known as being slightly bigger than those in older dorms, identical floorplans as the other Mod Quad dorms. The location is pretty good, located right by the library, North Dining Hall (the superior one), Rolf’s Recreation Center, Jordan Hall of Science, and the JACC, and all other buildings are within a ten minute walk away at the most (like the bookstore – we’re pretty far from that). All in all, definitely a great dorm; one of my best friends will be on Frosh-O staff for Knott for the second year in a row so I can ask him any more questions if you have any. Oh, and since Knott won Hall of the Year last year, your sons will get to go to a Dome Dance this year!