Notre Dame!!!

So, on Friday, August 22nd, we headed over to move our son, Jack, into his new home for maybe the next four years--Siegfried Hall.

One of the many things I learned to love about Notre Dame over this weekend was that they only have single sex dorms on campus.    I am not opposed to coed dorms, and I loved it when I lived in one at Bucknell in 1981, but I don't like it when colleges have some coed dorms, and some single sex--I like all or nothing.   That way, there aren't some people who get "better" dorms than others.  At Notre Dame, all the dorms are single sex, which means that everyone starts out on the same playing field, so to speak.


These residence halls have evolved into small family/fraternity type places--and you can live in your hall all four years, if you like--over 80% of undergraduates never leave their original residence hall.

Of course, I am prejudiced, but I was so impressed, right away--there were a bunch of upperclassmen helping the new first year/freshmen move in, and the guys were all really nice.   As a parent, I couldn't be happier.

Jack's roommates (he has three), all were in the room before we got there (I think they cheated--we weren't supposed to show up until 11:30, and we pulled up to the dorm at 11:25, and they were already in the room).   Anyway, he is in a quad, and shares a room with a kid named Cal from Iowa.  


When you look out of Jack's room, the first thing you see is the Golden Dome!!  How amazing!

Jack got the top bunk...not good when you are almost 6'5"!!

                                                     This is Lily checking out the top bunk!

                                                     
                         Chris and Jack checking out the view--that is the whole room--bunk beds,                                                            a desk, and closet space on the right side!

After we moved him in, we walked all over campus--getting him a bank account, signing him up for laundry service (yes, we are paying for someone to do his laundry, but for $8/week, I know he will have clean clothes and sheets, and for a kid who is 660 miles from home, and is taking 5 courses including Engineering, and Chemistry--it is a small price to pay!), and got his ID photo taken, it was time for dinner!