Aaaand we’re back. Night Two at the Housing Lottery and you know what that means: a whole lotta people are going to get screwed. Last week we saw numbers 1-460 take their picks, some to cheers, some to jeers. Tonight we finish ‘em out. If you’re tuning in from home, watch it all play out here. So cross your fingers, grab a drink and hang tight, because starting at 6 p.m., things are going to get really exciting.

It’s time to get geared up for round one.  The first night of the Housing Lottery is upon us, and BlogDailyHerald is on the scene in Sayles Hall to provide LIVE coverage.  We’ll be here ‘til the last number of the night (whattup 460, we see you) chooses a room or passes into summer assignment.  You can follow the lottery as it happens on the online projection available on the ResCouncil website.  We’re here to give you commentary on the human side of things: the screams of victory, the sighs of defeat, and everything in between. It’s going to be a long night folks, so bring some refreshments, get comfortable, and brace yourself for a truly wild ride.

Spring Weekend may be the dominant event on your horizon, but lest you forget an equally notorious spring ritual, brace yourselves, because tonight is the kick-off of the 2011 Housing Lottery. Lottery is a competitive sport, a game of luck, a bloodbath, and if nothing else, incredibly entertaining to watch. Whether you’ve got stakes in the competition or you’re just an innocent bystander, there’s a way to make lottery even more … enjoyable.

Behold, the official BlogDailyHerald Housing Lottery Drinking Game.

Festivities start off tonight at 6 PM, though only those with the first 100 numbers will be allowed into Sayles. If you’re a lucky upperclassmen, fill your backpack and do it live. For everyone else, the magic happens here.

Basic rules are below, though feel free to submit your own creative additions. After all, lottery is nothing if not interactive.

And don’t forget to check back later, starting with the first picks, for BlogDH’s own live coverage.

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At long last, ResCouncil has released the list of group priority numbers for the 2011 housing lottery! Find out your number at the ResCouncil website.  Let the plotting begin…

Ah, to be able to avoid the chaos that is the housing lottery with all the booing and cheering and finger-crossing. Well, Res Life makes that possible by creating a First Pick Competition for the chance to enter to be selected as the person who gets the literal first pick of the housing lottery. But the competition is a little different this year than it was last year.

Last year’s competition called for groups of students planning to live together to create short films. Then, everyone could vote on which film they thought was the best and the group with the most votes won the first pick. And despite some controversy, the competition went ahead and a group was chosen (you can watch their winning video here.) [Read more →]

Aaaaaaaand we’re back. It’s night two folks and this time, it’s a blowout sale — all rooms must go. Freshmen, hang onto your hats and your sanity. Everyone else, sit back and “enjoy.”

Live coverage starts at 6, but the party goes all night long.

The housing lottery can be a difficult and trying time. The angst, the tears, the cheers. It can be a lot to keep up with.

If you already picked your room and want to treat lottery as the spectator sport that it is, or if your number is so bad you may never pick a room, we have the activity for you.

Presenting … the drinking lottery!

Head to Sayles at 6 p.m. or boot up the lottery results and get ready for the chaos to set in. (And as recent studies show, you don’t even have to worry about the consequences.)

The rules:

- Drink when all the rooms in a building are gone

- Drink for no shows

- Drink if a room you lived in or near is chosen

- Drink if a room you had sexual relations in is chosen

- Finish your drink if someone starts crying at the podium

And for a play-by-play of all the drama, stay on BlogDailyHerald for part two of our LIVE minute-by-minute coverage.

After months of anticipation and frustration, the Brown Residential Council has finally published numbers for the 2010 housing lottery (a day early!). A complete description and timeline detailing the steps of the lottery process can be found at the ResCouncil Website.

Night One

Night Two

In the spirit of this year’s First Pick competition, we’ve found a couple of hot international videos highlighting what a group of people can do with a little coordination and a video camera. Hopefully, Brown students this year will hold a candle to University of Quebec students:

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