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[[Category:Student Housing 2.0]][[Image:Currier.jpg||right||thumb||Currier Hall]]Currier is a dormitory on the [[Berkshire Quad]], unique both in architecture and traditional inhabitants. Three floors rise above ground and one, despite being called the basement, is below ground on the quad side but opens into air on all other sides. It is one of the core [[Odd Quad]] buildings, in that, along with [[Fitch]], it traditionally houses upperclassmen of the [[Deviant]] and [[WARP]] culture type, and others who enjoy their company.
As all dorms of the Berkshire Quad, Currier is served primarily by the [[Driscoll]] dining hall.
==Architecture==
''For Currier floor plans, see WSO/plansCampus Life' s [http://wso.williams.edu/plansdean/campus_life/house?id=7 currier.html Currier page].''
=== The Top Three Floors ===
The idiosyncratic layout of Currier's interior gives rise to some strange features. Two very large stairwells of slate steps that provide access from the first to third floor occupy a large volume of the space inside. The stairwells divide Currier into north, center, and south suites, with about six rooms on each of these suites. The north- and south-west corner rooms are quite coveted for their size, light, and views of the quad.
The common areas on the top three floors are the negative space amidst the odd positioning of Currier's rooms. The center halls of the second and third floors have no common space of their own at all; the first has an enormous room that is typically the house gathering space. On the north and south ends of the buildings, common areas take a different shape depending on the floor. The second floor's are quite awkward, and defy description. See the plan [http://wso.williams.edu/plansdean/campus_life/floorplans/floor?id=24 currier_2.jpg here], or just imagine a rectangular room with a big bite taken out of the top.
=== The Basement ===
=== The Ballroom ===
''See main article: [[Currier ballroom]]''
Occupying the lion's share of Currier's basement is its ballroom, a one-of-a-kind social space on the Williams campus. After [[Goodrich Hall]], the ballroom is probably the second most booked space on campus for social and arts events, and it has played host to all manner of activity.
==Inhabitants==
== Fun Facts ==
<!--Please see talk page about the bathroom fact!-->*With two bathrooms and about 18 residents per first-through-third floor, Currier features the highest resident/bathroom/resident ratio on campus.
*The roof of the Currier Ballroom is the easiest to access on campus. Climb through the window of the spiral staircase room and there you are! Great for a house party, sunbathing, and making a snow sculpture in a strange place for (half) your dormmates to see.