Beyond Old Campus: Silliman and TD

Freshmen in Silliman live in one of five predominantly freshman entryways. Each room has a common area and two bedrooms, where roomates will share a bunkbed. The frosh are divided into two areas. Entryways E and F constitute "The Tower." These rooms boast high ceilings, fireplaces, window seats, and easy access to the laundry room in the basement of E. Entryways J, K, and L are known as "The Corner" and are located across the courtyard from the Tower, in the brick section of the college. These rooms are slightly smaller but include a fireplace and buil-in shelves. This section is connected to Silliman's basement, so frosh need only walk downstairs to find laundry, the computer lab, and the TV room.

Future Timothy Dwight residents also live in quads in the college's four frosh entryways. The average floor houses two or three quads, a freshman counselor, and a few seniors, a layout which takes advantage of the college's small size and helpful upperclassmen. Each entryway has at least two floors of freshmen and connects to other entryways via fire doors. While TD's rooms lack the dark wood and high ceilings of Yale's famous Gothic architecture, its friendly Georgian confines offer a bright interior, abundant lighting, and some of the largest common rooms on the Yale campus.

So ignore Yalies who joke about the isolation of Silliman and Timothy Dwight. They don't know what they're missing.

--Sarah Holley

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