Meg Itoh
News Editor

Small houses on campus underwent a number of repairs during Spring Break.

These repairs came after several houses had structural issues earlier in the year, including Gable House, Scot Cottage and Lewis House.

Students were notified by Steve Glick, director of Security and Protective Services (SPS), on Feb. 15 that no events or small gatherings would be permitted in small houses.

In some cases, students living in certain houses undergoing repairs were also displaced from their homes for the duration of these repairs.

“We have made repairs to multiple houses,” said Jim Davis, Manager of Structural Trades.

According to Davis, the repairs included anything from adding floor joist brackets to installing support posts to shore up the first main floor structure.

“We started our repairs with the assistance of local outside contractors from the structure list that was provided by a licensed structural engineer,” he said.

Davis explained that the repairs are currently being continued but on a smaller scale, in order to reduce loud noise interruptions until after the College’s commencement.

“Due to the fact that the College houses [were], for the most part, built many years ago, the building process is different today [in comparison to past decades],” said Davis. “Our building code is much more stringent today, which enables us to construct a better, stronger product.”

Davis said the needs and priorities for the last few houses have already been assessed. “As with all our remaining houses, our target date for completion is mid-August of this year, before students arrive for the academic calendar year,” he said.

Small houses have been restricted from hosting events and social gatherings, but students have since been notified that certain houses may be allowed to register events after being cleared by the service center, meeting with Jessica Ettell, coordinator of students rights and responsibilities and Nathan Fein, director of Residence Life.

Fein said that no proposals have been made to change the event-hosting policy.

However, there have been many more houses cleared to host events. “All of those houses that have been invited to meet with me before are cleared to host events,” he said.

“I do want to thank all the students and staff as [their] cooperation has made our necessary repairs easier to accomplish,” concluded Davis.