Our Time 1998

F o u r S l l O O Z e B u t t o n s E nough people for a standard poker games. Twice as much music for those late night dance parties. Two refrigerators. Really harsh pillow fights. Four alarm clocks, but more impor– tantly, four snooze buttons. Twice as much Mountain Dew. Four closets full of clothes that you can bor– row. Three people to help you with your homework. Double the fun, double the trouble. Does this all sound familiar? Living in a quad is the ultimate perk if you are a senior with three aquaintances ready to take the plunge, right? A lot of seniors agree. With fifty-six quads available each year, dozens of requests for these pairs of connected rooms filter through residential life. So what's so great about living with three other people as opposed to just one? Senior Dana Johnson says, "It's cool because I knew I ' d have at least two really good friends in my wing, and it sort of shows senior pride; seniors are so cool we get to live in a quad!" The quad that Noor een Dabbish shared even formed SAME, their exclusive group that banned together and would attack the quad across from their wi ndows on the spur 1 • » • Above: All dressed up and ready to go! Roommates Jaime Devereaux and Natalie Sukhaphadhana pause for a quick grin before heading off to Convocation. Right: Is it bedtime yet? Not quite, but that never stopped Jeremy Bestfrom stealing a quick nap with hisfavorite Teddy. Since seniors occupied most of their nights with other activities, they grabbed every opportunity they could to catch some sleep. of the moment. Even serious students favor quads, like Senior Amy Meek, when she made the claim, "Living in a quad definitely means better arguments because you have to shout above the opinions of three other people instead of just one." While most people said they liked the way their quad had turned out this year, the general consensus was that students were uneasy in the begin– ning about sharing their living space and lives with so many of their friends. Not everything is fun and goofy living with multiple roommates. Tina Flores said it best when she told me, "You have to learn how to make four people happy instead of just two. It can be rough." When Seniors Irene Ma, Sarah Guthrie, Courtney Williams, and Nicki Gerlach were asked if their senior quad had turned out for better or worse than what they had expected, they all looked at each other and. laughed, "Wait. Whose idea was this!?" But they all agreed that pulling all nighters together was more fun than trudging through all of their work alone, and that living with your best friends of three years is the best way to cap off your time at IMSA. 7 s emostss