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I’m not a boarder, but I spend all my time here on campus.On weekends I come here to hang out with my friendsbecause there are always activities going on. You’ll never bebored. I’m involved in a lot of things here—Epic [a capellagroup], Christian Fellowship, Hip Hop Club, Onyx, GospelChoir. I used to listen to my sister tell me about all the thingsshe was doing at Milton. Now I can do my own things here.— Lami Olatunji, Stoughton, MassachusettsClass II live in Hathaway, and my dorm has become another homefor me. The relationship we have with the faculty is more parent/childor friend/friend than teacher/student in the dorm.We have so many fun traditions and rituals. At sit-down [dinner]we always have someone start the meal with a poem, asong, a prayer, an opening thought for the evening. Beforeexams we have parties in the hallway; one girl will get a strobelight out of her room and we’ll all dance away our examstress. We have pottery night, bowling night—recently we alldressed up to go bowling. Each group was assigned a musical,so we were dressed up as characters from Wizard of Oz, Cats,Grease. We’re the smallest dorm, but we make up for our sizein spirit.— Corina Ramirez, Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaHathaway House, Class IThe guys in my dorm know me so well, better than anyoneelse. It’s easy to talk with them and go to them with things.We have so much fun together—we go dorm caroling, pumpkincarving, we’ll take a trip to have dinner at Fire and Icein Boston. Or we’ll just play video games, or play the guitar,or bond around the TV. Mr. Hanson, my house head, is veryfair and open-minded. If there’s a question he can’t answer, hefinds out who can and helps you get the answer you need.— Brian Mason ’09Bronx, New YorkRobbins House is one of my favorite things about Milton.From the second you get here, people in the dorm let youknow that they’re here for you. You always know that whenyou get back from a hard day someone will have tea, or makeyou soup, or sit down and talk with you. Then you can feelgood about getting on with what you need to do.— Sarah Diamond ’09Coral Gables, Florida41