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The 2008 Housing Lottery: LiveBwogging Your Best Mistake Ever!

The day of reckoning has arrived, and Bwog will be stationed on a beanbag chair in John Jay, livebwogging your fate. Check back to this post throughout the day today, with frequent updates of what suites are still in your grasp.

11:04 AM:



Tensions are running high in the John Jay lounge this morning, and the Metallica (?) on the boombox isn't helping matters, although the soda in the well-stocked refrigerator seems to be. "Hand me an iced tea," a girl in a summery skirt demanded of her (almost) suite mate. "I need one." Don't we all?

(The number under the flash is a "2".)

12:35 PM:

For some reason unbeknown to Bwog, housing is choosing to update the whiteboard in frustratingly infrequent intervals. (Ignore the 10:51 timestamp in the photo below).

12:41 PM:

Housing came over an annouced to Spec and Bwog (whom they referred to as "that Barnard paper") that they're doing a count right now and the board will be updating again in a few minutes. Stand by.

Now Playing: Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Proud Mary"

12:49 PM:

Suite selection comes to a momentary halt. A housing staffer walks over the the reporters lounge/soda bar in the corner to frown at a two-legged table. The third leg is about three feet away. "What happened to that table?" Bwog asked, guessing that some unlucky group destroyed the table in a fit of rage. "Oh, there are Legos in the legs. I guess someone wanted to build a monster." And lo and behold, inside the legs of the table Legos. And beside the table, a monster.

Also, suite selection is on pause until 1:30 PM.

Now Playing: Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Susie-Q"

12:59 PM:

All the EC townhouses that face Morningside are gone. All the 6-person high-rises are gone. There are a few SIPA-facing townhouses left.

1:02 PM:

The board was just updated! As housing is on pause, this is the most current information:

1:25 PM:

Selection has yet to start back up again and ABBA's "Dancing Queen" is playing on repeat. "This is just what we need!" exclaims one housing employee who's clearly tired of dealing with stressed out students. There's a lot of sugar consumption in this room to keep spirits high. Bwog awaits the sugar come down.


Posted by oh boy: #1 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 11:20 AM
bring it on
Posted by Watt 1-BR: #2 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 11:24 AM
Aren't Watt one-bedroom doubles in Suite Selection too? If not, why the hell not? My suite selection calculus were reliant on them existing!
Posted by anon: #3 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 11:27 AM (from campus)
im posting this here, it's already on the housing board, but if its true its a bunch of bullshit and someone's going to get screwed cause of it:

"If the following *hypothetical* situation were actually true, would anyone question its justification??

A girl forgets to register by the deadline because she was planning to live off campus. This girl also wants to bring her dog to live in her dormroom next year. She gets a psychologist to sign a note that declares she is mentally unstable and needs this dog to live with her, and housing agrees to this exception. The day before suite selection she joins a 5-person group, which then becomes a 6-person group, and they are put into suite housing before the first senior 6-person groups even select.

So thereby breaking 3 rules: the dog in a no-dog dorm, changing group size WELL after the cut-off date, and selecting a suite before the selection process even begins.

I'm not suggesting any names, but IF this *hypothetical* situation were true, wouldn't it undermine many of the principles of fairness, not to mention the entire lottery system, that the Columbia University undergrads have agreed to throughout this housing process. Some people I know have received terrible lottery numbers and are resigned to living in much less than ideal housing, while some privileged individuals manage to manipulate the system. Crying shame."
Posted by Confirmed: #4 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 11:28 AM
On Housing: Suite Selection

There are 12 1-bedroom watt doubles in suite selection. Somebody tell them to put them up there please!
Posted by enough bs: #5 (in reply to #3) · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 11:33 AM
Dear #3,

Is this in fact a real story or are you just being a dick?
Posted by enough bs: #6 (in reply to #3) · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 11:33 AM
Dear #3,

Is this in fact a real story or are you just being a dick?
Posted by Question: #7 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 11:39 AM
What is the 6Hdcl (????) 7 field underneath EC-X? Are there other kinds of EC-X suites other than the standard 5-person 3 singles and 1 double?
Posted by anon: #8 (in reply to #6) · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 11:47 AM (from campus)
I saw the story on the housing board. I don't know who posted it there, and whether it is true or not, but I can say that when I went in to pick my suite this AM fairly early there were only 5 6-person EC high rises left, and none of them had been selected by groups that were in the lottery. Now none of the EC 6 person all single high rises are RA suites, and there should be 7 of them, so that leaves 2 unaccounted for.
Posted by anon: #9 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 11:48 AM (from campus)
It's unclear why they chose to list the 6 person 4 single/1 double configuration under ECX but as far as I know those are in the regular lottery, you didn't need to check ECX or anything like that to get access to those suites, you only needed to have a group of 6.
Posted by annoyed: #10 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 11:53 AM
bwog,

its been 1 hour. Whats going on? this is not meeting my needs...
Posted by come on: #11 (in reply to #8) · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 11:53 AM (from campus)
oh come on, you dont think with all the privileged kids that go here w. connections, this doesn't happen all the time? please.
Posted by hah: #12 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 11:54 AM (from campus)
yea bwog you gotta update like every 15 min. :)
Posted by nope: #13 (in reply to #8) · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 11:55 AM (from campus)
I know for a fact that one of the 6 person all single suites is being occupied by an RA. no conspiracy theory here cunt.
Posted by anon: #14 (in reply to #13) · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 12:00 PM (from campus)
Still leaves one unaccounted for.

#11 - yeah. obviously. Does that make it right? No.
Posted by Well: #15 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 12:05 PM
sucks for the first group of 6 who don't get a suite.
Posted by dear bwog: #16 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 12:05 PM
another update please
Posted by !!!!!!!: #17 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 12:11 PM
80 minutes since last update. Don't promise when you won't deliver BWOG...
Posted by wha?: #18 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 12:19 PM (from campus)
why are there so many ECX suites gone? Theoretically only 5 ECX groups have chosen.

Are the rest special interest housing? Are other 5 person groups choosing them?
Posted by doh: #19 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 12:21 PM (from campus)
these motherfuckers need to update that list
Posted by oh yeah!: #20 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 12:24 PM (from campus)
nailed that 5 single ec high rise.
Posted by At a guess: #21 (in reply to #18) · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 12:35 PM
same suite rights?
Posted by annoyed: #22 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 12:38 PM
ok as the responses are a lot quicker than bwog him/herself, can anyone tell me how many 5 person suites are left?
Posted by cupcake: #23 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 12:41 PM (from campus)
thanks for the update
Posted by hey bwog: #24 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 12:47 PM (from campus)
can you start posting these updates in separate posts? I love them but they're too much to scroll through.
Posted by annoyed: #25 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 12:47 PM
bwog,

instead of just repeating the housing billboard, cant you do some of your own reporting to give us information?
Posted by rugg: #26 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 12:49 PM (from campus)
i thought one of the ruggles 8 person suites was being held out... guess not
Posted by seriously: #27 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 12:54 PM (from campus)
weak sauce, bwog, weak sauce.
Posted by People : #28 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 12:59 PM (from campus)
chill. Housing is not updating this white board very often. I was just there. It is really annoying because you don't even know what is left until you go back into the picking pen area. There is no way bwog can update when they aren't being given the info.
Posted by they could: #29 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 1:06 PM (from campus)
do some reporting and ask people who just finished up what the status is.
Posted by excuse me: #30 (in reply to #27) · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 1:18 PM (from campus)
weak sauce? could you please elaborate? what is weak sauce? how does something go about becoming weak sauce? how do you justify calling something weak sauce to yourself?
Posted by clearly: #31 (in reply to #27) · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 1:23 PM
anyone who actually says "weak sauce" has a very, very weak personality.
Posted by just saw this gem: #32 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 1:40 PM (from campus)
on the housing bulletin board.

"If anybody is interested in swapping an EC 2-person flat for a Watt 2-bedroom suite, please send us an e-mail at columbia09.uzr@gishpuppy.com with your room number. The suite in question is Watt 1F. Thanks!"

Posted by uhuh: #33 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 1:42 PM
nice job bowg, does anyone know how many suites of each type are usually taken during senior regroup?, Is there a lot of regrouping or do groups just find nice singles?
Posted by diggly: #34 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 2:00 PM (from campus)
diggly diggly diggle
Posted by figgly: #35 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 2:01 PM
figgly figgly figgle
Posted by oh god oh god: #36 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 2:08 PM
This is stressing me out.
Posted by update!!!: #37 · reply · track
April 10, 2008 at 2:41 PM (from campus)
hurry up and update!!!
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