Medway-Sydenham Hall
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Medway-Sydenham Hall (also referred to as Med-Syd or MSH) is a co-ed residence at the University of Western Ontario. It is the second largest residence on campus, home to about 613 students. It is also the oldest residence still operating on campus.
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[edit] The History
[edit] The Beginning
Medway Hall was built in 1958 as an all male residence. Sydenham Hall was built in 1961 as an all male residence. Both buildings operated as separate all male residences and were bitter rivals until 1986. In 1986, Sydenham Hall was converted to an all female residence as Medway Hall remained all male. Sydenham Hall operated as an all female residence until 1997 when it was made co-ed. In 1997, Medway Hall was also made co-ed and joined Sydenham Hall to create Medway Sydenham Hall. Both residences were opposed to the merger, but quickly forgot their rivalry to form one strong cohesive unit. Medway Sydenham Hall has progressed from 1997 as the strongest residence community on campus with the most successful and productive Resident's Council; The Medway Sydenham Hall Residents' Council.
[edit] Building Layout
Medway-Sydenham consists of two separate residences that are connected through a tunnel. Both Medway and Sydenham are three stories high and contain no elevators(only stairs).
[edit] Medway
Medway contains a total of nine floors, all 3 floors per three units. The fourth unit in Medway is made up of the Thomas L. Hoskin Medway Library (recently home of the Academic Cafe), the Formal Lounge (also known as the F'lounge or FoLo) and the Green Room (formerly the Medway Lounge). The four units are positioned in a rectangular shape, forming a Quad in the center.
- Unit: WPM
Floors- Murphy, Peache, Wilson
- Unit: MGM
Floors- Gibbons, McKibben, Merideth
- Unit: BED
Floors- Beattie, Drury, Eccles
The word floor is more associated with the names than with actually landings of a building. The floors of the third floor (Eccles, Merideth and Wilson) are connected by the hallway as are the floors of the second floor (Drury, McKibben and Peache). Although they are connected by the hallway, they are considered to be of distinct groups. In the past, they were separated by doors that were kept closed and locked.
[edit] Sydenham
The Sydenham building design is very similar to Medway's. It has a total of 9 floors within 3 units. The fourth section in Sydenham consists of the Cafeteria and the Sydenham Lounge. Unlike Medway, Sydenham's 3 units are named as a whole.
- Unit: Spencely Tamblyn (ST)
Floors- ST-1, ST-2, ST-3
- Unit: James Neville (JN)
Floors- JN-1, JN-2, JN-3
- Unit: Crane Ingram (CI)
Floors- CI-1, CI-2, CI-3
[edit] Vixens
[edit] Sophs
[edit] Staff
[edit] Residents' Council
The Medway Sydenham Hall Residents' Council is the governing student organization of Medway Sydenham Hall.
The Medway Sydenham Hall Residents' Council's mission statement is captured in the Preamble of its Constitution: The Medway Sydenham Hall Residents’ Council exists as a representative body of the students who make up the Medway Sydenham Hall community. Our purpose shall be to represent, advance and defend the interests of our membership, while enhancing our residence and academic experience, through the highest standards and quality of life. In order to do so, the Medway Sydenham Hall Residents’ Council recognizes its important partnership with the University Students’ Council, the Division of Housing and Ancillary Services, and the University of Western Ontario. While the Medway Sydenham Hall Residents’ Council will make every effort to support the vision and mission of its partners through cooperation and collaboration, its primary responsibility will be to uphold and defend the interests of its constituents.
Medway and Sydenham Halls both had their own independent Residents' Councils formed in 1958 and 1961 respectively. When the buildings joined in 1997, so did their Councils to form the Medway and Sydenham Hall Residents' Council. This name was officially changed to the Medway Sydenham Hall Residents' Council in 2004.
The current Medway Sydenham Hall Residents' Council is made up of 3 branches:
1) The Executive Branch is made up of the elected President, Vice President Social and Vice President Finance.
2) The Upper House is made up the Executive Branch as well as an appointed selection on Committee Heads (Academic, Athletic, Cultural and Environmental, Human Issues, Newsletter, Philanthropy, Promotions, Soci(a)l, Yearbook and Head Soph), Representative Members (Housing Operations Commissioner (HOC) and University Students' Council Representative) and Internal Officers (Communications Officer).
3) The Lower House (or full Council) is made up of the Upper House as well as 1 Floor Representative -totaling 19- from each floor (Beattie, Drury, Eccles, Gibbons East, Gibbons West, McKibben, Meredith, Murphy, Peache, Wilson, ST1, ST2, ST3, JN1, JN2, JN3, CI1, CI2, CI3), 1 Residence Life Staff Liaison, 1 Faculty Representative from all Faculty Councils that request one, 1 Academic Programs Coordinator and the Residence Manager.
The Medway Sydenham Hall Residents' Council traditionally meets weekly on Sunday evenings at 8:30pm in the Thomas L. Hoskin Medway Library. The Council is the most productive Residents' Council on campus with a reported gross cash flow of $100,000 for the 2007-2008 academic year, a record year.
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