Nathan starts chapter two with general information about life in residence halls; for example, what kids bring for furniture, entertainment, pictures, door decorations and any other interesting findings she stumbles upon in student’s dorm rooms. She took time to emphasize how pictures and themes on an individual’s door represent or defines who a person is and what they take interest in. In her personal opinion she thinks all college kids are binging alcoholics, running around stripping, fantasizing about hot celebrities and people of the opposite sex. She also mentions group activities set up by RA’s that students often avoid showing up at unless there’s food involved. She finds herself, overwhelmingly, in a bit of a bind when she receives her course schedule, balancing her observations for her research, and realizes college life is stressful and ultimately time consuming challenge.
In chapter three she emphasizes on “community” involvement and diversity in the eyes of a student, not a teacher. Nathan seems to think she sees a difference in college diversity between and student and a teacher at AnyU, where she previously taught college students. Community, to students, was the typical group of people they associate with. An interesting fact, based off that definition, is what students call “community rooms” where people of the same click hang out, genuinely not socializing with other students. She concludes through observation that people who leave their door open are more likely to be sociable, but not to the extreme where students just pop in, sit on the couch, and start talking about any random subject. Nathan shows different aspects of social networks on page 59 in a more statistical arrangement. She thinks gender, ethnicity, race, and number affect where kids eat at tables in the cafeteria.
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