There's something substantially positive about breaking down barriers between academic and social boundaries. At year-end town meetings, villagers discuss how to carry forward what they have created. There is the handbook. A possible logo. And an inventory of group-project reports on New Orleans, covering everything from cheap restaurants and art galleries to jazz and economic development.
Villagers start looking ahead.
Some have pledged and joined Greek organizations, and others are prepared to move off campus with friends. More than half reapplied to stay in the village a second year. And several applied to return as resident advisers. Garrote, Cortinas and Keith Spain, another villager, were appointed to the three vacant adviser spots. As the village begins its second year, it is one year wiser and has plenty on which to build.