http://slugwiki.mit.edu/index.php?title=Room_Wars&feed=atom&action=historyRoom Wars - Revision history2024-03-28T14:33:31ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.25.2http://slugwiki.mit.edu/index.php?title=Room_Wars&diff=4318&oldid=prevJessk at 08:48, 27 August 20152015-08-27T08:48:25Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (listing all rooms preferred to their current room), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year. You can't squat a room currently occupied as a double as a single. If you are in a double and do not want to be in a double next year, this means that you should list every single on the hall before you list your own room.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (listing all rooms preferred to their current room), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year. You can't squat a room currently occupied as a double as a single. If you are in a double and do not want to be in a double next year, this means that you should list every single on the hall before you list your own room.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">New in 2014, hall members can also add overriding conditions to their rankings list. For example, "If Bob isn't in B403 then I don't want B404". These conditions are evaluated when you are placed in a room to ensure that all the conditions are met (within reason).</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Among hall members wishing to move, priority is evaluated based on (1) terms spent living on the hall, (2) the number of terms spent at MIT (in increments of semesters - these first two numbers are added together to make a base priority), and (3) consideration of current room size.  Transfer student from outside MIT are equalized in MIT-terms with their class.  People who have lived in a smaller room during the current year will have higher priority than hall members of the same year/time who are in larger rooms. For hall members who have the same priority (e.g., freshmen living in doubles), priority is randomly established within the group by the hall chairs, and then used for assignment of rooms. Priority for hall members who want a room as a double is the sum of both peoples' base priorities (and then by the larger room size of the two doubling folks).  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Among hall members wishing to move, priority is evaluated based on (1) terms spent living on the hall, (2) the number of terms spent at MIT (in increments of semesters - these first two numbers are added together to make a base priority), and (3) consideration of current room size.  Transfer student from outside MIT are equalized in MIT-terms with their class.  People who have lived in a smaller room during the current year will have higher priority than hall members of the same year/time who are in larger rooms. For hall members who have the same priority (e.g., freshmen living in doubles), priority is randomly established within the group by the hall chairs, and then used for assignment of rooms. Priority for hall members who want a room as a double is the sum of both peoples' base priorities (and then by the larger room size of the two doubling folks).  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Room wars is conducted in the spring semester in two sections: first, initial room assignments are determined by the method outlined above; hall members will have roughly a week to return their room forms to the chairs. Then, there is a period determined by the hall chairs in which mini room wars are conducted. If two hall members wish to switch their assigned rooms, they may do so provided that all room neighbors (those next to, across from, and diagonal to) the room agree to the switch -- it is the responsibility of the switching hall members to check in with all neighbors. At the end of the designated period, the hall chairs will declare room wars closed and submit final rooming assignments to the EC RAC.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Room wars is conducted in the spring semester in two sections: first, initial room assignments are determined by the method outlined above; hall members will have roughly a week to return their room forms to the chairs. Then, there is a period determined by the hall chairs in which mini room wars are conducted. If two hall members wish to switch their assigned rooms, they may do so provided that all room neighbors (those next to, across from, and diagonal to) the room agree to the switch -- it is the responsibility of the switching hall members to check in with all neighbors. At the end of the designated period, the hall chairs will declare room wars closed and submit final rooming assignments to the EC RAC.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Jesskhttp://slugwiki.mit.edu/index.php?title=Room_Wars&diff=2111&oldid=prevIvanaf: 18 revisions imported2015-08-26T03:31:00Z<p>18 revisions imported</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (listing all rooms preferred to their current room), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year. You can't squat a room currently occupied as a double as a single. If you are in a double and do not want to be in a double next year, this means that you should list every single on the hall before you list your own room.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (listing all rooms preferred to their current room), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year. You can't squat a room currently occupied as a double as a single. If you are in a double and do not want to be in a double next year, this means that you should list every single on the hall before you list your own room.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Among hall members wishing to move, priority is evaluated based on <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a</del>) <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the amount of time </del>spent living on the hall, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">b</del>) the number of terms spent at MIT (in increments of semesters - these first two numbers are added together to make a base priority), and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">c</del>) consideration of current room size. People who have lived in a smaller room during the current year will have higher priority than hall members of the same year/time who are in larger rooms. For hall members who have the same priority (e.g., freshmen living in doubles), priority is randomly established within the group by the hall chairs, and then used for assignment of rooms. Priority for hall members who want a room as a double is the sum of both peoples' base priorities (and then by the larger room size of the two doubling folks).  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Among hall members wishing to move, priority is evaluated based on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(1</ins>) <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">terms </ins>spent living on the hall, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(2</ins>) the number of terms spent at MIT (in increments of semesters - these first two numbers are added together to make a base priority), and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(3</ins>) consideration of current room size. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> Transfer student from outside MIT are equalized in MIT-terms with their class.  </ins>People who have lived in a smaller room during the current year will have higher priority than hall members of the same year/time who are in larger rooms. For hall members who have the same priority (e.g., freshmen living in doubles), priority is randomly established within the group by the hall chairs, and then used for assignment of rooms. Priority for hall members who want a room as a double is the sum of both peoples' base priorities (and then by the larger room size of the two doubling folks).  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Room wars is conducted in the spring semester in two sections: first, initial room assignments are determined by the method outlined above; hall members will have roughly a week to return their room forms to the chairs. Then, there is a period determined by the hall chairs in which mini room wars are conducted. If two hall members wish to switch their assigned rooms, they may do so provided that all room neighbors (those next to, across from, and diagonal to) the room agree to the switch -- it is the responsibility of the switching hall members to check in with all neighbors. At the end of the designated period, the hall chairs will declare room wars closed and submit final rooming assignments to the EC RAC.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Room wars is conducted in the spring semester in two sections: first, initial room assignments are determined by the method outlined above; hall members will have roughly a week to return their room forms to the chairs. Then, there is a period determined by the hall chairs in which mini room wars are conducted. If two hall members wish to switch their assigned rooms, they may do so provided that all room neighbors (those next to, across from, and diagonal to) the room agree to the switch -- it is the responsibility of the switching hall members to check in with all neighbors. At the end of the designated period, the hall chairs will declare room wars closed and submit final rooming assignments to the EC RAC.</div></td></tr>
</table>Tmickelhttp://slugwiki.mit.edu/index.php?title=Room_Wars&diff=2109&oldid=prevSpoothead at 23:10, 22 April 20082008-04-22T23:10:14Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (listing all rooms preferred to their current room), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year. You can't squat a room currently occupied as a double as a single. If you are in a double and do not want to be in a double next year, this means that you should list every single on the hall before you list your own room.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (listing all rooms preferred to their current room), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year. You can't squat a room currently occupied as a double as a single. If you are in a double and do not want to be in a double next year, this means that you should list every single on the hall before you list your own room.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Spootheadhttp://slugwiki.mit.edu/index.php?title=Room_Wars&diff=2108&oldid=prevSpoothead at 23:09, 22 April 20082008-04-22T23:09:48Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (listing all rooms preferred to their current room), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year. You can't squat a room currently occupied as a double as a single. If you are in a double and do not want to be in a double next year, this means that you should list every single on the hall before you list your own room.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (listing all rooms preferred to their current room), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year. You can't squat a room currently occupied as a double as a single. If you are in a double and do not want to be in a double next year, this means that you should list every single on the hall before you list your own room.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Spootheadhttp://slugwiki.mit.edu/index.php?title=Room_Wars&diff=2107&oldid=prevARWest at 22:53, 18 April 20072007-04-18T22:53:13Z<p></p>
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</table>ARWesthttp://slugwiki.mit.edu/index.php?title=Room_Wars&diff=2106&oldid=prevARWest at 22:40, 18 April 20072007-04-18T22:40:04Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (listing all rooms preferred to their current room), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year. You can't squat a room currently occupied as a double as a single. If you are in a double and do not want to be in a double next year, this means that you should list every single on the hall before you list your own room.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (listing all rooms preferred to their current room), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year. You can't squat a room currently occupied as a double as a single. If you are in a double and do not want to be in a double next year, this means that you should list every single on the hall before you list your own room.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Among hall members wishing to move, priority is evaluated based on a) the amount of time spent living on the hall, b) the number of terms spent at MIT (in increments of semesters - these first two numbers are added together to make a base priority), and c) consideration of current room size. People who have lived in a smaller room <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(and for a longer time) </del>will have higher priority than hall members of the same year/time who are in larger rooms. For hall members who have the same priority (e.g., freshmen living in doubles), priority is randomly established within the group by the hall chairs, and then used for assignment of rooms. Priority for hall members who want a room as a double is the sum of both peoples' base priorities (and then by the larger room size of the two doubling folks).  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Among hall members wishing to move, priority is evaluated based on a) the amount of time spent living on the hall, b) the number of terms spent at MIT (in increments of semesters - these first two numbers are added together to make a base priority), and c) consideration of current room size. People who have lived in a smaller room <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">during the current year </ins>will have higher priority than hall members of the same year/time who are in larger rooms. For hall members who have the same priority (e.g., freshmen living in doubles), priority is randomly established within the group by the hall chairs, and then used for assignment of rooms. Priority for hall members who want a room as a double is the sum of both peoples' base priorities (and then by the larger room size of the two doubling folks).  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Room wars is conducted in the spring semester in two sections: first, initial room assignments are determined by the method outlined above; hall members will have roughly a week to return their room forms to the chairs. Then, there is a period determined by the hall chairs in which mini room wars are conducted. If two hall members wish to switch their assigned rooms, they may do so provided that all room neighbors (those next to, across from, and diagonal to) the room agree to the switch -- it is the responsibility of the switching hall members to check in with all neighbors. At the end of the designated period, the hall chairs will declare room wars closed and submit final rooming assignments to the EC RAC.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Room wars is conducted in the spring semester in two sections: first, initial room assignments are determined by the method outlined above; hall members will have roughly a week to return their room forms to the chairs. Then, there is a period determined by the hall chairs in which mini room wars are conducted. If two hall members wish to switch their assigned rooms, they may do so provided that all room neighbors (those next to, across from, and diagonal to) the room agree to the switch -- it is the responsibility of the switching hall members to check in with all neighbors. At the end of the designated period, the hall chairs will declare room wars closed and submit final rooming assignments to the EC RAC.</div></td></tr>
</table>ARWesthttp://slugwiki.mit.edu/index.php?title=Room_Wars&diff=2105&oldid=prevAlisonc at 21:51, 18 April 20072007-04-18T21:51:40Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:4e-floorplan.png|right|thumb|The floorplan of 4e]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:4e-floorplan.png|right|thumb|The floorplan of 4e]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (listing all rooms preferred to their current room), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (listing all rooms preferred to their current room), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. You can't squat a room currently occupied as a double as a single. If you are in a double and do not want to be in a double next year, this means that you should list every single on the hall before you list your own room</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Among hall members wishing to move, priority is evaluated based on a) the amount of time spent living on the hall, b) the number of terms spent at MIT (in increments of semesters - these first two numbers are added together to make a base priority), and c) consideration of current room size. People who have lived in a smaller room (and for a longer time) will have higher priority than hall members of the same year/time who are in larger rooms. For hall members who have the same priority (e.g., freshmen living in doubles), priority is randomly established within the group by the hall chairs, and then used for assignment of rooms.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Among hall members wishing to move, priority is evaluated based on a) the amount of time spent living on the hall, b) the number of terms spent at MIT (in increments of semesters - these first two numbers are added together to make a base priority), and c) consideration of current room size. People who have lived in a smaller room (and for a longer time) will have higher priority than hall members of the same year/time who are in larger rooms. For hall members who have the same priority (e.g., freshmen living in doubles), priority is randomly established within the group by the hall chairs, and then used for assignment of rooms<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Priority for hall members who want a room as a double is the sum of both peoples' base priorities (and then by the larger room size of the two doubling folks)</ins>.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Room wars is conducted in the spring semester in two sections: first, initial room assignments are determined by the method outlined above; hall members will have roughly a week to return their room forms to the chairs. Then, there is a period determined by the hall chairs in which mini room wars are conducted. If two hall members wish to switch their assigned rooms, they may do so provided that all room neighbors (those next to, across from, and diagonal to) the room agree to the switch<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. (If you want to switch, </del>it<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s your </del>responsibility to check with all neighbors.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">) </del>At the end of the designated period, the hall chairs will declare room wars closed and submit final rooming assignments to the EC RAC.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Room wars is conducted in the spring semester in two sections: first, initial room assignments are determined by the method outlined above; hall members will have roughly a week to return their room forms to the chairs. Then, there is a period determined by the hall chairs in which mini room wars are conducted. If two hall members wish to switch their assigned rooms, they may do so provided that all room neighbors (those next to, across from, and diagonal to) the room agree to the switch <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-- </ins>it <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is the </ins>responsibility <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of the switching hall members </ins>to check <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </ins>with all neighbors. At the end of the designated period, the hall chairs will declare room wars closed and submit final rooming assignments to the EC RAC.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Below is a chart of 4e room sizes (A is the largest, E is ridiculously small).  Not all parts of the hall have all the numbers 401 to 414, so we will denote these nonexistent room sizes as -.  Note that Goodale 406 is an official double, according to the city of Cambridge.  Goodale 405 is the [[GRT]] room.  Bemis 414 is the network closet.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Below is a chart of 4e room sizes (A is the largest, E is ridiculously small).  Not all parts of the hall have all the numbers 401 to 414, so we will denote these nonexistent room sizes as -.  Note that Goodale 406 is an official double, according to the city of Cambridge.  Goodale 405 is the [[GRT]] room.  Bemis 414 is the network closet.</div></td></tr>
</table>Alisonchttp://slugwiki.mit.edu/index.php?title=Room_Wars&diff=2104&oldid=prevAlisonc at 21:41, 18 April 20072007-04-18T21:41:02Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (listing all rooms preferred to their current room), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (listing all rooms preferred to their current room), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Priority </del>is evaluated based on a) the amount of time spent living on the hall, b) the number of terms spent at MIT (in increments of semesters - these first two numbers are added together to make a base priority), and c) consideration of current room size. People who have lived in a smaller room (and for a longer time) will have higher priority than hall members of the same year/time who are in larger rooms. For hall members who have the same priority (e.g., freshmen living in doubles), priority is randomly established within the group by the hall chairs, and then used for assignment of rooms.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Among hall members wishing to move, priority </ins>is evaluated based on a) the amount of time spent living on the hall, b) the number of terms spent at MIT (in increments of semesters - these first two numbers are added together to make a base priority), and c) consideration of current room size. People who have lived in a smaller room (and for a longer time) will have higher priority than hall members of the same year/time who are in larger rooms. For hall members who have the same priority (e.g., freshmen living in doubles), priority is randomly established within the group by the hall chairs, and then used for assignment of rooms.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Room wars is conducted in the spring semester in two sections: first, initial room assignments are determined by the method outlined above; hall members will have roughly a week to return their room forms to the chairs. Then, there is a period determined by the hall chairs in which mini room wars are conducted. If two hall members wish to switch their assigned rooms, they may do so provided that all room neighbors (those next to, across from, and diagonal to) the room agree to the switch. (If you want to switch, it's your responsibility to check with all neighbors.) At the end of the designated period, the hall chairs will declare room wars closed and submit final rooming assignments to the EC RAC.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Room wars is conducted in the spring semester in two sections: first, initial room assignments are determined by the method outlined above; hall members will have roughly a week to return their room forms to the chairs. Then, there is a period determined by the hall chairs in which mini room wars are conducted. If two hall members wish to switch their assigned rooms, they may do so provided that all room neighbors (those next to, across from, and diagonal to) the room agree to the switch. (If you want to switch, it's your responsibility to check with all neighbors.) At the end of the designated period, the hall chairs will declare room wars closed and submit final rooming assignments to the EC RAC.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">not </del>all rooms <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">need </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be ranked</del>), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Priority is evaluated based on a) the amount of time spent living on the hall, b) the number of terms spent at MIT (in increments of semesters - these numbers are added together to make a base-priority), and c) consideration of current room size. People who have lived in a smaller room (and for a longer time) will have higher priority than hallmembers of the same year/time who are in larger rooms. For hallmembers who have the same priority (e.g., freshmen living in doubles), priority is randomly established within the group by the hall chairs, and then used for assignment of rooms</del>.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During room wars, hall members rank their choice of rooms (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">listing </ins>all rooms <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">preferred </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">their current room</ins>), leaving theirs last on the list - no one will ever receive a room worse than their current room. Squatters list their own room, turn in their forms, and are then guaranteed the same room for the following year.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Room wars </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">conducted in </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">spring semester in two sections: first, initial room assignments are determined by </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">method outlined above. Then</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">there is a period determined by </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">hall chairs </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which mini room wars </del>are <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">conducted. If two hall members wish </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">switch their assigned rooms</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">they may do so provided that all </del>room <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">neighbors </del>(<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">those next to, across from, </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">diagonal to</del>) the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">room agree to the switch</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">At </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">end of the designated period</del>, the hall chairs <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">will declare room wars closed </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">submit final rooming assignments to the EC RAC</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Priority </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">evaluated based on a) </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">amount of time spent living on </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">hall</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">b) </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number of terms spent at MIT (</ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">increments of semesters - these first two numbers </ins>are <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">added together </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">make a base priority)</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and c) consideration of current room size. People who have lived in a smaller </ins>room (and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for a longer time</ins>) <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">will have higher priority than hall members of </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">same year/time who are in larger rooms</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">For hall members who have </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">same priority (e.g.</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">freshmen living in doubles), priority is randomly established within the group by </ins>the hall chairs<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">then used for assignment of rooms</ins>.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Below is a chart of 4e room sizes (A is the largest, E is ridiculously small).  Not all parts of the hall have all the numbers 401 to 414, so we will denote these nonexistent room sizes as -.  Note that Goodale 406 is an official <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">doubles</del>.  Goodale 405 is the [[GRT]] room.  Bemis 414 is the network closet.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Room wars is conducted in the spring semester in two sections: first, initial room assignments are determined by the method outlined above; hall members will have roughly a week to return their room forms to the chairs. Then, there is a period determined by the hall chairs in which mini room wars are conducted. If two hall members wish to switch their assigned rooms, they may do so provided that all room neighbors (those next to, across from, and diagonal to) the room agree to the switch. (If you want to switch, it's your responsibility to check with all neighbors.) At the end of the designated period, the hall chairs will declare room wars closed and submit final rooming assignments to the EC RAC.</ins></div></td></tr>
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