Suites

The house is composed of nine suites: Trantor Mir, Walden, Sinclair, Bag End, Zapata, Valhalla, Russell, Karma, and Falstaff.

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Suite amenities

Each suite houses fifteen to twenty members (and typically fewer from May to August, when regular school is out at the University of Michigan). Each room is a large single meant for a single occupant, a double that can house two members, or a small single for a single occupant. Along with residents' rooms, each suite has a small kitchen and a lounge with a television.

Suite organization

Each suite has a Suite Manager, who is responsible for

Significance of names

Each suite's name is related to a historical figure or literary work

• Trantor Mir is inspired by placed in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, Trantor being the capital planet of the Galactic Empire.
• Walden is named after Thoreau's Walden
• Sinclair is named for poet John Sinclair
• Bag End is named for the home of Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings
• Zapata is named after Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata
• Valhalla is named after the mythological hall of slain heroes
• Russell is named after Bertrand Russell
• Karma is pretty self-explanatory
• Falstaff is named after Shakespeare's fictional character Sir John Falstaff

Addresses

• Trantor Mir: 1502 Gilbert Ct., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
• Walden: 1504 Gilbert Ct., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
• Sinclair: 1506 Gilbert Ct., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
• Bag End: 1508 Gilbert Ct., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
• Zapata: 1510 Gilbert Ct., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
• Valhalla: 1512 Gilbert Ct., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
• Russell: 1514 Gilbert Ct., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
• Karma: 1516 Gilbert Ct., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
• Falstaff: 1518 Gilbert Ct., Ann Arbor, MI 48105