Expansion plans call for eliminating annexation
New colleges would help remedy current space crunch in residence halls
Several years from now, hundreds of Yale students will likely have two new residential colleges to call home. But scores more from existing colleges will enjoy new surroundings — those of their own colleges, which should no longer have to annex upperclassmen in Old Campus dormitories due to overcrowding.
As it stands now, a shortage of beds in some of the existing 12 residential colleges means that almost 200 upperclassmen are forced to make an unsavory decision before they embark on their junior years. They can either pursue off-campus housing and move out of their residential...
Two thoughts:
1. Why are the Berkeley, JE, and Trumbull juniors annexxed at such a high rate compared to other colleges?
2. Under this proposal, aren't juniors annexxed to another place--one of the two dorms to be built?