Campus Council members learned about the new "menu of options" for selective living group locations during the Council's general body meeting Thursday night.
The menu, presented by Marijean Williams, director of housing assignments and communications, is part of the Group Living Initiative and consists of 72 possible sections for selective living groups.
"We looked at all the floor plans and decided which space would best fit these groups," Williams said.
Jen Frank, program coordinator, explained that some options overlap-if one is chosen, others will be unavailable due to conflicts in room allocation. This will allow the space identified to accommodate groups of different sizes, she added.
"We made it to allow as much flexibility as possible," Frank said.
Williams explained the prestige of certain quadrangles was not taken into consideration when identifying possible locations.
The criteria when constructing the menu was that rooms on Main West would not be considered, the section location would serve its function and no "orphan resident" effect would result.
An "orphan resident" effect is when independent residents feel isolated when living in an area mainly composed of selective living groups, Williams said.
In addition, all rooms approved by the Americans with Disabilities Act will remain offline to selective living groups.
Williams said the campus is lacking in ADA rooms and if a disabled student is placed in a selective living group locale, it will create an "orphan resident" effect.
She added that if a disabled student is part of a selective living group, she would work with the Selective Community Assessment committee to accommodate the need.
"Nothing is set in stone," Williams said, adding that after future renovations in Crowell, Craven and Few quadrangles the menu will be revisited.
Starting January, selective living groups will be evaluated by the new SCA-which is now being reviewed by Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director of housing services.
Every three years, groups will be re-shuffled to a new location offered by the menu based on their evaluation results in the past cycle.
Williams said the menu had to be adjusted for the addition of faculty-in-residence apartments next fall. Most of the menu options are not near a faculty apartment.
In other business:
Hull explained that Residence Life and Housing Services' decision in the placement of the faculty-in-residence apartments was based on three criteria: architectural plausibility, accessibility for disabled students and attractiveness to incoming program participants.
Members approved this year's budget for Campus Council. The total, collected from residential fees, is projected to be approximately $100,000, and $20,000 is currently allocated for Last Day of Classes.
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