<p>My son was recently offered a spot in Hegeman for the sophomore subfree community. I’ve read what is in past posts – central location, small rooms, but wonder if anyone has anything else to add from your experience with the dorm? Thanks!</p>
<p>Hegeman is great in many ways: the rooms themselves are small (but not as small as I’d imagined), plus all the suites have a large (unfurnished) common room. It’s a nice living space, especially if you know your suitemates. The bathrooms could be better, but they stay clean. Likewise, the kitchen is practically non-existent, but you get card access to Caswell (next door), which has excellent facilities.</p>
<p>The central location is one of Hegeman’s best assets. Most places you would want to go are no more than 2 minutes away, many less. Very convenient.</p>
<p>What Hegeman is less good at is establishing community. There isn’t really common lounge space, and the suites make it harder to get to know people. I heard that sub-free is in Hegeman A, which has a slightly different set-up than the rest of Hegeman (more singles/doubles, I think, than suites), but it’s probably not enough to be significant.</p>
<p>While I do not attend Brown (crossing my fingers for March 30 through!) I did room in Hegeman A for a two-week Summer@Brown course. My room was a triple with a small common area, and I thought the room was very nice. The bathrooms are not the best but they’re fine. The main thing about A specifically is that it is not connected to B-E through the basement for some reason (possibly for the subfree students I suppose) so there is a bit of a feeling of disconnect and there isn’t easy access to the washer/dryer. I really loved my time at Hegeman A though, don’t get me wrong. It is a more private layout than the long hallways of doubles that most dorms have, which is a good and bad thing. As the above poster said, it has a fantastic location too! Good luck with whatever your son chooses!</p>
<p>Personal Question: Did your son do subfree freshman year? What was his experience with it? I am considering doing subfree in college… I don’t plan to smoke or drink regardless but I also don’t want to limit myself socially.</p>
<p>Thanks to both of you for your information!</p>
<p>To Chlorinated, yes my son did subfree this year. He had a great hall and the kids seem to have gotten close. My take on it is he had a lot in common with the other students there so in their free time instead of drinking they tend to hang out, play video games, watch movies, etc. He was in Perkins but I know there is some heavy duty Boogle playing at the Andrews subfree wing where a good friend of his happens to live! My son still goes to parties, even frat parties. I don’t think it was limiting socially. He is pretty live and let live, but I think was concerned about the “24-7” pot smell in one of the dorms in particular. If you have other questions, please feel free to ask.</p>
<p>*though (In my original post. That’s really bothering me!)</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing, burry! That was definitely helpful.</p>
<p>Was thinking about selecting a three person suite in Hegeman. I currently live in New Dorm, how would you compare the two (I know Gregorian/New Dorm is supposed to be better but we might not have 4 people). I know the hall situation in Hegeman is weird, with just two suites and bathrooms (no hallway) per floor, right? </p>
<p>I suppose the best thing would be for me to try to check it out somehow (i.e. waiting outside the building for someone to go in 
but that still wouldn’t allow me to see the suites themselves).</p>
<p>Hi TheBox,</p>
<p>I don’t know the relevance of this, but Hegeman C and D are gender neutral next year. </p>
<p>I have no info on New Dorm. From the floorplan it looks like there is a small hallway at least on Hegeman A. The layout may be different in the other towers. An older poster said she got quite close to those on her floor, but as noted above I guess the socializing can be limited.</p>
<p>Maybe Funnything will let you visit his room :). My son just hung out and someone let him in but the visit was brief as the person was busy. Oh, and there will be open houses in the dorms in April so you could check then.</p>
<p>Hegeman’s new gender neutral status is excellent news. Keeping the suites single-gender simply because there are no locks between doors represents an outdated, hetero-normative view of friendships and relationships. I’m glad ResLife has stepped up.</p>
<p>Hegeman is a bit more run-down than New Dorm, but you can have a common room without paying the suite fee. The furniture is relatively new in both buildings. Also, neither buildings are particularly communal, given the preponderance of suites.</p>
<p>Grad Center, Caswell, and Slater have card access to Hegeman, and Grad Center, and Barbour have access to New Dorm. If you know anyone who lives in those dorms, see whether they can let you in. As for seeing rooms, just knock. No one will mind. Really :)</p>
<p>Thanks. I live in New Dorm currently, and it looks like we’re going to try to live here again.</p>
<p>Btw, where do New Dorm people have access to?</p>
<p>New Dorm = Grad Center, Barbour</p>