![]() Demarites had, up until then, been able to freely return to their sections year after year, but now it seemed that living in Demarest the next year would depend solely on the best lottery numbers, rather than their desire to remain active in the Demarest community. Students ran the sections autonomously until the first time Rutgers College overbooked itself into a housing shortage and decided to implement the lottery system. In the late 1970s, Demarest became an official special-interest hall, with funding from the Office of the Dean of Students this funding was later assumed by the Bishop House Office of Residence Life, which was founded in 1980. Some early Demarest sections included Arts and Crafts, Women's Studies, Puerto Rican Studies, and Natural History. Some sections were created in conjunction with academic departments, such as French, the first special-interest section, created in 1966. ![]() ![]() These students formed special interest sections as a way to learn from each other in informal discussion, as a relaxed, more in-depth alternative to the standard classroom lecture. In the mid-1960s, Demarest began housing Honors students. Rumors persist, and have been partly confirmed that the stolen set of football players is now at the Rutger's Club dining establishment. One set of the football player andirons remain, though apparently the other set was stolen between 19. Demarest became the football players' dorm (until the mid-1960s) with sets of football player andirons in the two Main Lounge fireplaces indicating this status. ĭemarest originally housed only freshmen, but older students protested. It has a cupola with a weather vane, hence the unofficial Demarest motto, "We've got a big gold cock." It is the only Rutgers residence hall completely dedicated to Special Interest Housing. ĭemarest Hall was built during 19, and was named after Reverend William Henry Steele Demarest, President of Rutgers from 1905 to 1924. It is named after Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh, who had been the first president of Rutgers College from 1785 to 1790, when it was still called "Queen's College". Hardenbergh Hall was originally designed as the "medical" dorm for Rutgers students who suffered from physical maladies such as asthma, and as such is one of the few dorms on the College Avenue Campus which is air conditioned. ![]() But the open space was largely unused and the interior of the buildings did not have any significant space for study, lounging, or student programming, which led to renovation project in 2014. The buildings were built so as to be raised above street level with open air underneath to preserve sight lines between George Street and the Raritan River. The three buildings, named Campbell, Frelinghuysen and Hardenbergh, are 38 m (125 ft) tall and are 7 stories high. Constructed in the International Style and opened in 1956, they are so called due to their excellent views of the Raritan River. River Halls, known as the River Dorms, are a trio of three residential/classroom buildings. The area features restaurants and housing. The Yard, designed by Elkus/Manfredi Architects, was built in 2016 to service as central meeting point, or "living room" or "front yard" of the College Avenue Campus. It houses a three-story Barnes & Noble store the headquarters of Rutgers University Press and Scarlet Fever shop. The Gateway is a mixed-use tower at the beginning of College Avenue adjacent with a direct link the Northeast Corridor Line New Brunswick Station. Main article: College Avenue Gymnasium Gateway
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