ZAP

Residence Information

Residence Type: Self-Op

House Size: 54 residents

House Description

ZAP is a row house located in the Cowell Cluster (along with Terra and the sororities), and holds 54 residents.  The social culture at ZAP is know for being extremely active and vibrant--we host traditional annual parties for the Caribbean Student Association (CSA), as well as fraternities like DEK and AEPi.  The house is known to have a fairly lenient policy in terms of allowing student groups and residents to host parties, and therefore has a very welcoming atmosphere to all students.  The structure of the ZAP building is also interesting to note for future staff members--it is set up in an outdoor style, where the rooms are detached from the kitchen/lounge, in a square shape.  As a result, residents often live in clusters and one of the biggest challenges for this house is getting residents to be social with one another (outside their draw groups) in the very beginning of the year.  A way to go about addressing this issue is to allocate rooms as boy-girl in order to split up draw groups.  In terms of resident conflict over room allocation during the in-house draw, there is rarely any conflict as all the rooms in ZAP are identical two-room doubles, the only difference being the location of the room within the house.  ZAP is also known for having one of the BEST chefs on campus---a huuuge plus (and it also makes Special Dinner all the more enjoyable!!!)