... Away¹

Anchors Away is a group of students and alumni concerned about the imposition, without due consideration, of anchor housing at Williams. Many people contributed to this report. Special thanks to Andrew Goldston '08, David Kane '88, Jonathan Landsman '05, Daniel Rosensweig '08 and Joseph Shoer '06.

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... Life.²

``Cluster Housing Rankles Some at Williams,'' The Berkshire Eagle, February 23, 2005.

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... systems.³

Much of the material in this document is reproduced verbatim from articles and arguments on the Anchors Away web site and on EphBlog. See http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/anchors-away/ and http://www.ephblog.com. Special mention goes to Joe Shoer's '06 voluminous writings on anchor housing. See http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/anchors-away/objections.htm, http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/anchors-away/first_forum.html and http://wso.williams.edu/blog/main?wso=jshoer. Amarnath Santhanam '07 deserves extra credit for taking the time to transcribe the WCDU debate on anchor housing. See http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/anchors-away/debate.html. Small stylistic changes have been made throughout (e.g., ``I'' to ``We'', ``my'' to ``our'') so material is rarely reproduced exactly as first presented. Our goal has been to create a unified report covering the major disputes over anchor housing in a stylistically pleasing fashion. If any writer feels that her work has not been given due credit, our apologies. The CUL Report itself is available at http://www.williamsrecord.com/wr/?section=news&view=article&id=6480 and http://www.williams.edu/resources/committees/cul/reports/CulHousingProposal.pdf. Those interested in an especially acerbic dissection of the CUL Report should see http://www.ephblog.com/archives/001756.html.

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... it.⁴

For example, Williams is a member of the Consortium of Financing Higher Education, a group of elite schools that gathers and distributes data on many aspects of undergraduate life. See http://www.danieldrezner.com/archives/001972.html for a discussion.

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... noted⁵

See http://www.williamsrecord.com/wr/?view=article&section=news&id=1597.

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... merit.⁶

Material drawn from http://wso.williams.edu/blog/view?id=1449.

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... report⁷

See http://www.williams.edu/go/strategicplanning/studentlife/explore2.html.

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... come.⁸

See http://wso.williams.edu/blog/view?id=1449.

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... will.⁹

See http://wso.williams.edu/blog/view?id=1595.

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... heart.¹⁰

See http://www.williamsrecord.com/wr/?view=article&section=news&id=4970.

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... Middlebury¹¹

From ``Spotlight on Middlebury Commons,'' by Rob Streicker. Williams Record, February 15, 2005. See http://www.williamsrecord.com/wr/?view=article&section=news&id=6393.

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... Bowdoin.¹²

From ``Bowdoin Bids Farewell to Frats,'' by Ainsley O'Connell, Williams Record, February 22, 2005. See http://www.williamsrecord.com/wr/?view=article&section=news&id=6420.

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