Last Friday I received a very disconcerting e-mail from the administration. No, I am not in any sort of trouble. Well, not yet anyway. As you may already know, Trinity has a three-year residency requirement that obliges its students to live on campus up to their junior year. Of course there are exceptions to the rule but most of the student body stays on campus. As a freshman, who knew little of the campus, living in the freshman dorms really helped me connect with people in my class. Then I became a sophomore and I was ready to pick my own dorm. For that, I chose Prassel (hence the name of our blog). Being a sophomore usually means not getting your first choice dorms but Bianca and I got into the Spanish Language Hall of Prassel. WE LOVE PRASSEL! The halls are quiet and the long walk to upper campus gives us our daily dose of exercise. So by now you must be itching to know the contents of the e-mail and how it relates to the future of Prassel. As I mentioned earlier, sophomores get the short end of the stick when picking dorms, so Trinity conducted studies for sophomores to have their own dorms, similar to the freshman dorms. I understand the reasoning behind Sophomore Housing. In fact, I agree with the administration and its board of students for opting for Sophomore Housing. I think it is a great idea. What I disagree with is the choice of dorms allocated for Sophomore Housing. The dorms Thomas, Prassel, and parts of McLean were selected. Geographically, this makes no sense to me. Bianca and I hoped to live in Prassel for all of our years at Trinity if we cannot do this then we must move off campus. Trinity has the three-year requirement and by compelling students to live in special freshman and sophomore dorms for two years limits our choices by a great degree. So, my plea to the administration is to listen to the upperclassmen and give us a choice. I should also give credit to the careful planning of sophomore housing. There will be a open forum this week for discussion of the dorms next year. You can count on me and Bianca to be there to defend our precious Prassel.