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''This page covers the student activism group by this name. See [http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/anchors-away/limerick.html here] for the poem "Anchors, Away!" by [[Seth Brown '01]]''
Anchors Away is a student group formed in the 2004-2005 academic year to oppose the [[CUL]]'s proposed [[Anchor housing]] or (as it was renamed by the CUL in thier their [[Spring 2005]] report) "Williams House System," now called Neighborhood Housing." Anchors Away was founded mostly by [[Joe Shoer '06]] and [[Brian Hirshman '06]]. It grew to have:
*a [http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/anchors-away web page]
*a [[tabling]] campaign in [[Spring 2005]] that collected over 170 anti-anchor housing comment cards and sent them to the Dean Roseman.
*a run for [[College Council]] co-presidency by [[Brian Hirshman '06]] and [[Amarnath Santhanam '07]]
*a report on Anchors Away's [http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/anchors-away/questions/index.html Questions on Anchor Housing] written in part and organized by [[David Kane '88]].
''The following section was written before Anchor Housing was implemented, and is retained for its historical value.''
If you oppose anchor housing, please add your name to the list below. Also consider sending specific comments, concerns, or suggestions to the CUL. This can be done in one of several ways:
