Race Street Floor Six

On Wednesday of last week, I moved into the sixth floor of Race Street, and from what I hear, we on floor six have it the best. Although we had to wait for a week for our RA Tushar to show up, he is by far one of the nicest people I have ever met. My sister went to Rutgers in New Jersey, and the administration just didn't seem to care about their students as much as Drexel does. Along with all the programs and perks Drexel has to offer to their new and existing students, they go even farther to make sure that even the freshman RAs truly care about their students. Tushar gave all of us his number just in case we found ourselves in any trouble on- or off-campus, organized us sixth-floor movie and sushi/karaoke nights, and even offered to take a group of us into the city for ice cream.

This all would have been nice by itself, but what makes it even better is that everyone on floor six gets along really well. Of course, roommates and suitemates will always have their own individual differences, but everyone on our floor is friendly with everyone else. At any given time of day, more than half of all the doors on the sixth floor could be open for anyone to just pop in and say hey. In fact, only one room has had their whiteboard stolen off their door, and that was probably just a prank. There are a couple of people from various other floors, and even other buildings, who chill on floor six, complaining about their own floors' stuffiness towards meeting new people and simply being friendly. A few other kids who like to cook and I made everyone dinner in our kitchen, and it was kind of nice to have twenty or so people walking in and out for some chicken parm and pasta. Some people brought their friends and everyone just had some fun talking and eating dinner on a rainy Saturday night. And of course, Tushar helped us all clean up, even though he had some work to do for his classes this week.

It's been kind of strange being thrown into a situation that forces such close contact between individuals who have never met each other before, let alone people who would have never even talked to each other previously. Two of my roommates are people I necessarily would not have talked to pre-Drexel, simply because we don't have much in common. But after bonding with them over the past week and a half, I am so happy I was assigned to the sixth floor with them. I truly hope everyone else at Race and all the other residence halls are also having as much fun so far as I am, and I really hope this experience continues to be just as great as the first week has been for floor six.