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* '''Differences in social behavior.''' The drinking culture on this campus appeals to some and not to others. Some of the less party-prone students worried that anchor housing would spread them thinly around campus, sandwiching them between students more interested in trashing common rooms with [[beirut]] refuse than using the common room for a quiet gathering, board game, impromptu poker night, or movie viewing.
* '''The Odd Quad.''' Members of the [[Odd quad | Odd Quad]] (known as the Berkshire Quad to the uninitiated and CUL members) community use the dorms Currier and Fitch as a social hub. These students, self-described [[deviants]], are often set apart from the rest of campus culture. Without a physical social base, they worry that their way of life will be severely disrupted. Anchor housing will randomly spread these students around the entire campus, effectively destroying the Odd Quad as a cohesive community.
* '''Failure of clusters at Middlebury.''' Middlebury College [http://www.williamsrecord.com/wr/?view=article§ion=news&id=6393 recently implemented a cluster-model housing system], and students there have a low opinion of it. In fact, their objections are very similar to Williams students' objections to anchor housing: social engineering, preventing them from living with friends, et cetera.
In its March 1, 2005 issue, the Williams ''Record'' [http://www.williamsrecord.com/wr/?view=article§ion=news&id=6491 conducted a poll ] of student opinion on anchor housing. The following results turned up:
* 13% of students support anchor housing
* 29% of students oppose anchor housing
College Council also conducted a poll, which was [http://www.williamsrecord.com/wr/?view=article§ion=news&id=6578 reported ] in the ''Record'' on March 15, 2005:
* 17% of respondants support anchor housing
