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Fifth East
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Fifth East is a hall known for its black walls, red lights, and strong traditions. Our hall culture is passed down through an oral tradition of stories from previous residents. Many of these stories are not only for entertainment and for carrying on hall culture, but also for showing current residents that they should be wiser than their predecessors. We elect three hall chairs every spring, who serve for a year and are responsible for organizing parties, going to HouseComm, and resolving rooming issues. We also elect a treasurer and a kitchen cleaner, and approve the budget by voting each semester.
We are a loud hall, with most of the noise centered in the middle black section, called Bemis. Our hall mascot is named “Krotus” and is known for feeding on the suffering of students during the semester and lying dormant during the summer months. We awaken him in the first month of term by throwing a party, which includes a traditional and usually comical skit performed at midnight. We throw other parties, and usually try to come up with an interesting theme. Our parties don’t have much dancing compared to other EC halls, but a lot of sitting around and talking, often hearing the aforementioned stories from previous residents. Many of our residents are involved in the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, although to a lesser extent in recent years. We also have had strong student government involvement, with two past UAVPs, various senators, and DormCon presidents. Fifth East is also the home to Jack Florey.
To welcome freshmen to the hall we have an annual dinner to Royal East following our first hall meeting of the term. We also have weekly dinner mobs to various restaurants, including Mary Chung and more frequently the Pour House. In addition to outings, we also have hall feeds once every other week, with various residents making their specialty dishes each week. Our GRT provides us with entertainment from his B‐movie/horror/action movie collection. We also have larger communal meals on weekends sometimes, and every spring we have a picnic that we invite alumni to and give out inside‐joke gifts and awards to various residents. We also have finals breakfast to get everyone off to a good start during finals week.
Overall, we are a supportive hall, but on the surface may come off as harsh. In the past we’ve been known for our mistakes, so our harshness is in part to prevent future generations from making the same mistakes. We are accepting of all ethnicities and are extremely supportive to our openly LGBT residents. In the past residents have worked together to build a dance floor platform (usually used for studying), an LED wall display, various servers, and bookshelves. We enjoy watching various TV series as a hall, particularly House and Star Trek, and we also play video games together in the lounge with our communal video game systems.
