<p>The debates on the Williams Students Online (WSO) blogs are probably the best place to get the answers to your questions. In particular, the debates about the new “Anchor House” system frequently address these issues.</p>
<p>Here are few samples, although you could probably search the blogs for more:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ephblog.com/archives/001548.html[/url]”>http://www.ephblog.com/archives/001548.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“WSO: Williams Students Online”>WSO: Williams Students Online;
<p><a href=“WSO: Williams Students Online”>WSO: Williams Students Online;
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<p>To help sort out some of the acronyms and buzz-words you will encounter, here are a few definitions:</p>
<p>Odd Quad - a group of dorms where the “geeky”, “artsy”, “non-drinking” students have tended to congregate for many decades at Williams.</p>
<p>CUL: Committee on Undergraduate Life. The college committee responsible for the Anchor House system,</p>
<p>ACE: All College Entertainment. The group responsible for spending the student entertainment fees by putting on campus-wide parties, concerts, events, etc.</p>
<p>Anchor House: A new housing system beginning next year whereby students are randomly assigned to one of five dorm groupings for their four years at Williams. The underlying impetus for the new system was administration desire to reduce the fragmentation and de facto theme housing of the old open lottery-draw system.</p>
<p>Will Dudley: the ranking faculty member on the CUL.</p>