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King House // East Quad by Kyle Gouchoe-Hanas ’16 (King House President 2015-16) & Marilla Harris-Vincent ‘17

We are the Kings of the Quad! King Haus is located in the East Quad and forms a semicircle around a beautiful courtyard (we call it the Beach) with our neighboring house, Scales. King Haus is named after Franklin King, who for 50 years served as the superintendent of Buildings and Grounds at Smith College. Often, Kinglings and other students will come to the courtyard to eat, study, or tan! Students from all around campus come to dine in the largest dining hall on campus that is located between King and Scales. Many Kinglings sit at the King table for meals so we can catch up about our day with our fellow housemates.

Our house community that is largely defined by the diversity of its residents’ interests. This past year King was home to members of over 10 club and varsity sports teams, 3 different a cappella groups, majors and minors all across the board, as well as many other clubs and organizations. Like all houses at Smith, King has residents of all ages, creating an opportunity for mentorship and collaboration. Kinglings demonstrate their loyalty and support for one another by attending such sports games, performances and other events. In general, King is a community that has much participation whether that is rallying around a large group event such as intramural sports (#marchmaddnesschamps2015) or eating together early and often in the King/Scales dinning hall. Speaking of which, King has virtually all the possible luxuries for a Smith house. We have a dinning hall attached to our house and it is open for all meals. We also have a large common room with a big flat screen TV, Ping Pong and Foosball in the basement. King house participates passionately in individual and group endeavors including all campus traditions like mountain day, quad traditions such as celebration (see YouTube videos) and our own traditions such as “raft or die.” As a community we seek to make connections with one another and reach as many Kinglings as possible through a wide variety of activities and opportunities. Other things that we look forward to in the first weeks include, quad scream, convocation, and the crowning of new members of King House.

We also love Mountain Day where we eat a picnic lunch and go apple picking at a nearby orchard. King Haus has a spacious and comfy living room (which was just redone last year) that can serve as a great place to study or socialize and is also where we host Winter and Spring Weekend. We also hold our weekly Sunday tea in the living room! There is a grand piano, a fireplace, a large tv and lots of great seating! King Haus has a very welcoming community and is almost entirely made up of singles. Many worry that living in a single excludes you from the house community and making friends, but walking down the hallway you will see many doors open inviting you in to come say hi and chat with your fellow housemates! The rooms are super spacious and have large walk-in closets. Quad side facing rooms even have hard wood floors! Down in our basement we have a great hang out area with a ping pong table that we won for getting 2nd place at the March Madness basketball tournament two years ago and this past year we got 1st place and won Kan Jam! But the best part of King is the wonderful residents!

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Hi! I recently committed to class of 2021 and I am so excited to be a Smithie! I just received info about the housing form/roommate survey, and I'm curious if someone could briefly explain what the 6 areas of campus are like (I've looked at the individual posts for the houses but it would be great to have more general information, since we're choosing an area of campus rather than a house). Thank you so much!! :)

Hey there! Congratz on committing to Smith! That’s so exciting and we can’t wait to have you here! To break it down for you:

East Quad (King, Scales, Gardiner, Jordan, Emerson, & Cushing) - East Quad is perhaps the rowdiest part of campus. Generally, most parties are here and the houses tend to be the loudest and most social. There are a lot of singles in East Quad (King and Scales are all singles) and the houses are all around 80 people.

West Quad (Gardiner, Morrow, Wilson, Comstock, & Wilder) - Similar to East Quad but perhaps *slightly* less rowdy. This area of campus is farthest from the rest of campus but closest to the Friedman Apartments. Wilson is the biggest house on campus with over 100 people, and the rest of the houses are home to about 80 people. I have a lot of friends who live in West Quad and it’s a fun time!

Green Street (Tyler, Morris, Lawrence, Washburn, Hubbard, & Chapin) - Green Street is often seen as the antithesis to the quad. It’s the most quiet area of campus and is closest to the academic buildings. Hubbard and Chapin both have grab-and-go lunch on weekdays. All of the Green St. houses house about 70 residents, except Washburn which houses 43. Green Street is going to be the most affected by the renovation of Neilson library (Washburn will actually temporarily be shut down and its residents are moving to Parsons House on Upper Elm until the construction is done).

Lower Elm (Albright, Baldwin, Chase, & Duckett) - Similarly to Green Street, Lower Elm is a pretty quiet area of campus. It’s the closest to downtown Northampton (literally less than a 5 minute walk) and has some of the smallest houses on campus as well as housing for Ada Comstock scholars. It’s home to the one substance free house on campus (Chase) and is the closest to Dawes, the gluten-free dining hall. Also, Baldwin is one of the few houses on campus with suites.

Upper Elm (Northrop, Gillett, Lamont, Talbot, Capen, & Parsons) - From what I can tell, Upper Elm houses have some of the closest house communities on campus. Upper Elm is not as social as the Quad but not as quiet as Green St. It’s also home to the Capen Gardens and the vegan/vegetarian dining hall (Northrop/Gillett). Like the Quad, it’s a purely residential area of campus, but is closer to the rest of campus. All the houses are around 70-80 people.

Center Campus (Cutter, Ziskind, Haven/Wesley, Park, Sessions, Tenney, & Hopkins) - Center Campus has a pretty wide range of houses. Cutter and Ziskind are the only two houses with air conditioning. Sessions is the oldest house on campus (and is rumored to be haunted!). Tenney and Hopkins are the two co-ops on campus (they aren’t open to first years though). All center campus houses are like they sound - central. They’re close to the Campus Center, the Quad, and aren’t far from the academic buildings or downtown.

Hope this helps!

-Simona ‘20

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Hi! I got into Smith ED and my future roommate and I are looking at housing. We know we definitely want to live in the quad and we were wondering what the difference is between the east and west quad? Also, do the houses in the quad have pretty similar environments or are they distinct? Do we pick housing and roommates pretty soon? Thanks for all your help!!!

Hello! East Quad and West Quad are differentiated just by the placement of the houses. East Quad consists of Cushing, Emerson, Jordan, King, and Scales. West Quad consists of Comstock, Gardiner, Morrow, Wilder, and Wilson. I live in Wilson House! I would say that the quad houses are somewhat similar in that they tend to be louder than other houses on campus, but otherwise each house has its own personality. I’m not sure the exact date housing forms get sent out, but it should be in the near future so keep an eye out for it! Good luck, and welcome to Smith (and maybe the quad)!

-Agnes ‘19

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