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Poster Name:
meg

Poster Message:
The optimal house size issue can be debated all day and every day with a total guarantee of zero consensus. To say the house size has to change NOW simply because now we have more PNMs is something that many don't agree with and is a debated topic amongst those that care about maintaining a certain house environment. If you know people at other schools that have huge classes and house totals over 250+ talk to them about their houses. These 'mega houses' have never been the character of our system and while adding 20 more people or so each year vs historical levels on the surface doesn't seem like much, the reality is that it did change things and mostly not in great ways. People can preach the need for change all day long but change for the sake of change doesn't add much value in my mind. We are in the situation we are in with the system because of choices made (or not made) by panhel. We also have houses in differing stages of development which has a major impact on how we can proceed and potentially grow. The issues are complex and there are no simple answers. I do think that house size has an impact on culture and sisterhood and I think a fair number of people would agree with this point. Living in house has special meaning and is important at Cal and always has been. I seriously question whether any house should be forced to go over historical quota levels simply because more people show up. Difficult issues to be discussed in the future.