The BIG CHAIR is gone...:-(...

<p>The</a> Daily Gazette The Big Chair: End of an Era
The</a> Daily Gazette In Memory: The Big Chair</p>

<p>They are going to build a new one. But still. :|</p>

<p>What a bummer! We loved the big chair when we visited. :(</p>

<p>arador:</p>

<p>Great reporting by the Gazette. I know that your audience is the campus, but those kinds of articles are wonderful for parents and alums.</p>

<p>BTW, your spreadsheet on housing lottery numbers was brilliant. What a terrific resource for students trying to plot strategy and realistically assess options.</p>

<p>ok, i bite. what speadsheet?</p>

<p>The Daily Gazette compiled the average lottery number that bought each room on campus over the last three years.</p>

<p>The article is here:</p>

<p>The</a> Daily Gazette Housing: The Numbers</p>

<p>The full spreadsheet (in PDF format) listing every room on campus is here:</p>

<p><a href="http://daily.swarthmore.edu/wp-content/gallery/uploads/2008/04/housing-breakdown.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://daily.swarthmore.edu/wp-content/gallery/uploads/2008/04/housing-breakdown.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Back when my daughter was entering the sophmore lottery (before she realized that her best bet was to get on Myrt's summer waitlist), she and I started to work on something like this and quickly gave up. The Gazette put a lot of work into this...although they may have had a head start because I think Miles was involved in the project to build a better lottery cohort computer algorithm. In any case, the room by room spreadsheet data is fantastic.</p>

<p>thanks for the reply, i didn't see this article. i have to get away from my cubicle more.</p>

<p>Thanks! We'll be working on a better graphical interface for that next year.</p>

<p>I wasn't involved in the new housing program, but I blocked with one of the designers and I am friends with the other ...</p>

<p>hmmm, serves swarthmore right for not accepting me!</p>

<p>I really enjoyed the links to Jake Beckman's website (creator of the Big Chair).</p>

<p>He has photos of most of his Swarthmore projects:</p>

<p>Giant man:
[url=<a href="http://www.jakebeckman.com/mall_b.htm%5DJakeBeckman.com%5B/url"&gt;http://www.jakebeckman.com/mall_b.htm]JakeBeckman.com[/url&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p>

<p>Giant chair:
[url=<a href="http://www.jakebeckman.com/chair.htm%5DJakeBeckman.com%5B/url"&gt;http://www.jakebeckman.com/chair.htm]JakeBeckman.com[/url&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p>

<p>Giant Converse All-Stars:
[url=<a href="http://www.jakebeckman.com/shoes.htm%5DJakeBeckman.com%5B/url"&gt;http://www.jakebeckman.com/shoes.htm]JakeBeckman.com[/url&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p>

<p>Giant light switch on McCabe Library:
[url=<a href="http://www.jakebeckman.com/delco.htm%5DJakeBeckman.com%5B/url"&gt;http://www.jakebeckman.com/delco.htm]JakeBeckman.com[/url&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p>