[GRAD SCHOOL] Some Notes

After I went to the gym today, I dropped by the English Department and happened to see Dr. Murray. I begged a few minutes of her time and asked her what she thought of the job market for doctoral students; she told me the truth, that the labour market wasn't good. We talked further about alternatives after my degree: a doctorate if I wanted to be a student for purely the joy of learning, transferring into law, doing some other job that made use of my strengths in researching and writing. I'll be talking to Dr. MacLaine tomorrow over lunch; I'll enlist his opinion.

And checking my E-mail at work, I noticed I received the below message from Queen's' Residence Admissions Office, telling me of the results of the lottery:

To: Graduate and Professional Students - SH

From: Residence Admissions Office

Date: June 25, 2003

Subject: Queen's Residence Lottery Results


We have now completed the Lottery for Graduate and Professional Students. I am pleased to inform you that you have been successful in obtaining a room in Shortliffe House in Jean Royce Hall We will be sending out a package later in the summer which will contain your room number, phone number, sign-up sheets for Primus long distance and fridge rental form. You can also see your room number on the residence website (<http://www.queensu.ca/residence>www.queensu.ca/residence) in
August. Thank you.

Jean Royce Hall is located outside of the main campus, roughly 15 minutes in walking time to the west. In terms of biking time, it will be considerably less, and there is also a free bus service in fall and winter so I'm unconcerned. The facilities should be decent, to quote the English Department's website:

Jean Royce Hall, built in 1970, is situated about 2 kilometers from Main Campus (about a 15-minute walk) and is adjacent to the Faculty of Education. The residence houses 576 students in single rooms in 12 houses of 48 students. The houses are designed about 4 floors, with a social grouping of 12 students per floor (men and women) who share a common living room with a kitchen and a common washroom. All rooms at Jean Royce Hall are single. Jean Royce Hall is a unique residence at Queen's, in that there is a mix of first-year and upper-year, undergraduate, graduate and Education, female and male students. The Social Centre, which the Faculty of Education shares with the residents of Jean Royce Hall, contains lounges, a recreational games room, a television room, a dining room, a University branch library, computing facilities, a gymnasium and vending services. Although situated a mile from the Main Campus, there is a bus service every 15 minutes to and from Main Campus, which is free to all full-time students during the academic year, upon presentation of the Queen's student card. Residents of Jean Royce Hall also enjoy close proximity to the track and field facilities, tennis courts and stadium facilities of West Campus.

I'm happy I won't have to worry about this.

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