The placement of selective living groups may be slightly different when students return to campus next fall.
Residence Life and Housing Services recently decided to place one faculty-in-residence in each West Campus quadrangle by next fall, Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director of housing services, confirmed last week.
The move may conflict with some selective living group sections, forcing them to relocate--an issue addressed by Joe Gonzalez, associate dean for residential life, in a Sept. 5 e-mail.
"It looks like 2-3 groups would have to move based on conflicts with Faculty-in-Residence apartments and other factors," Gonzalez wrote to the committee working to finalize the Selective Community Assessment.
The assessment is the new process through which selective living groups will be evaluated starting in January.
There are currently 25 selective living groups on campus.
Decisions from the administration regarding the movement of certain groups should be announced by Thursday, said senior Jay Ganatra, president of Campus Council.
Ganatra added that having faculty on West is a good idea, but the placement of these apartments must be contemplated carefully.
"If you add faculty into an area between a lot of sections or right next to them, it's not going to be good for anyone," Ganatra said. "We need to figure out a way to incorporate the faculty that will benefit the entire quad."
Some dorm rooms and commons rooms on West will be altered into apartments next summer to accommodate faculty-in-residence, Ganatra said.
Placement of the apartments will be determined by the architectural setup of the buildings, he added.
The committee working on the Selective Community Assessment, which consists of members from Campus Council, RLHS, Interfraternity Council, Selective Housing Council and the faculty, will finalize the process by the end of September, Ganatra said.
The criteria by which selective living groups will be evaluated is to be completed by the end of October. Hull said he will review the policy and approve it by the end of November.
"What we're aiming for is self-governing--establishing a system where housing of groups will be able to be relocated based on merit and not just random lottery," said senior Dave Lee, SHC president and member of the Selective Community Assessment committee.
Lee, a member of Wayne Manor, added that nothing is set in stone yet and the committee will act according to decisions made by administration. Ganatra said he does not believe any big changes will be made to the location of selective living groups.
"My guess is that it will be more of a shuffling of rooms, from one hallway to another," Ganatra said. "Entire sections shouldn't be moved."
Wayne Manor President Tom Adelman, a junior, said the addition of six faculty-in-residences has the potential to affect six selective living groups.
"Hopefully that doesn't happen to my section--we're happy where we are," he said. "I understand they have to at least move a couple of groups because of altered structure with the addition of faculty. But there's no reason to rush it.
"It's like they're doing it just to move the groups," Adelman added.
He said he is troubled that the decision regarding shuffling of groups will be made before groups can be reviewed by the Selective Community Assessment.
"I hope the decision regarding the movement of selective living groups will be based on the assessment, instead of decided before [the assessment is in place]," said senior Peter Williams, president of Pi Kappa Alpha.
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