substance-free housing?

ec1234
Tue, 17 May 2005 21:42:54 +0000

there are several things to think about when deciding about sub free housing

1) substance free does not mean that you cannot drink/smoke/etc, it just means that youre not supposed to bring it back, and basically cant vomit in the hallways or bathrooms

2) if youre in a suite in sub free housing, the only real way to get caught is by your roomates

3) I dont know about in other dorms, but even with parties its usually not too bad, and actually kinda fun. Subfree doesnt necessarily mean quiet, it could still be annoying if youre trying to study and ppl are just generally loud in the dorms. Subfree just basically prevents having parties involving alcohol–which is also an arrangement that you could make with your roommates. I dont live in subfree, but we havent had a party all year because we decided in the beginning of the year that we’d rather go to parties and not have to deal with cleaning up.

4) many sophomores chose subfree housing because they had bad draw times and subfree was one of hte only options left. I think this was especially prevelant in wilson college as ~1/4 of the college was designated subfree. Also, in Forbes, a lot of sophomores took advantage of subfree to guarantee rooms in the main in. These sophomores may or may not have initially wanted subfree or abide by subfree rules (I personally know a few who this applies to)

5) some freshmen get stuck in subfree without asking for it—or their parents make them chose it. I know a number of students currently in subfree where a number of the roommates drink etc., and have alcohol in the room.

I don’t think subfree really impacts the kind of roommate you get. I know plenty of ppl who are subfree who did not choose to draw that way either freshman year or sophomore year. It’s not that theyre quiet or boring, its just a lifestyle choice–although a choice that has varying degrees. As I said, they don;t have extra dorms that they dont use, although occasionally a suite will be assigned one less person than its supposed to, so a good number of students are in subfree. The highest percentage I would say would be wilson college, where they tried to stop parties by making all of the big suites except 211 gauss substance free.

also, some ppl try to choose subfree to get better housing-- that works in about half of the residential colleges. Forbes, as mentioned above, has subfree this year in main inn. Rocky has buyers which is pretty nice quads–although most rocky rooms are pretty nice. Mathey I think subfree is in Blair. The two where it doesnt work is Butler, which has laurie love, and wilson, which is DO and 1939, which although they are not horrible, dont begin to measure up to Feinberg and Clapp/1927