By Rozen Pradhan
Managing Editor, ‘11

The Office of Residence Life recently postponed the Room Selection Lottery, originally scheduled on the 4th of April. This announcement, made on the 1st of April, was first deemed as an April fool’s joke by many of the resident students, but was later quashed by the Office of Residence Life.
Many students were furious about the postponement of the Room Selection Lottery while others wondered why ResLife had done this. Rumors surfaced that ResLife had done this because many of the sports teams were leaving for their games that particular weekend and would be unavailable. Others said that the Room Selection Lottery was postponed because the school was closing down, an April fool’s joke, courtesy of the PauwWow’s Editorial Staff.
In order to find out more about the Room Selection Lottery, the PauwWow contacted Michael De Jager, Coordinator of Operations, at the office of Residence Life. Mike’s response was plain and simple. The Office of Residence Life received a huge number of applications from returning students who wanted to live on campus. In order to reasonably accommodate all these applicants, ResLife had to push back the date so they could explore every possible option. According to Mike, “We are doing our best as an office so that all students who want to live on campus gets an opportunity to do just that.”
Currently, the Office of Residence Life is closely working with the Office of Business and Finance and Dr.  Eileen Poiani, VP of Student affairs, in order to explore all viable housing options. When asked whether the huge number of applicants was a good thing, Mike De Jager commented, “This unprecedented number of applicants speaks volumes to our office about students’ interests in continuing to live on campus.” The Office of Residence Life has no information to offer to the students at this particular time, but will release the information when they get it.
The new dates for the Room Selection Lottery have been set for the 22nd and 23rd of April by appointment only. For more info or if you have any questions, contact Mike De Jager at mdejager@spc.edu or call the Office of Residence Life at 201.761.7130.