Fashioning the Body: Versions of the Citizen, the Self, and the Subject

My group observed A dorm.

From the outside A dorm is not much to look at. Like many buildings on campus it has a 70's style, tall, boxie, cement, with roof that's a lovely shade of rust. Every floor has a balcony. There was not much activity around the dorms. We saw two guys walking by, both appeared drowsy and bored. There are many bikes locked up outside the front doors. When first entering the building, our attention was drawn toward the stair way towards the basement. The walls are covered in a mural and there is a public posting board. There were people wondering around at the bottom of the stairs with green T-shirts that said "RAD service" on the back. Many of them carried keys and rubber gloves. We took note of the fire escape sign by the elevator. It indicated that a person should not use an elevator during a fire and should take the stairs instead. We wondered what someone in a wheel chair should do. Inside the elevator we noticed that the lights had "Evergreen" carved into them. We could not go above the second floor. The second floor's hallway went around in a loop with offices off to the side. The building appears very old, because the varies tubes are exposed on the ceiling. The walls have bulletin boards and announcements. We noticed some graffiti on the wall next to the elevator, a 4 and a backwards N. Why would someone make graffiti like that?

One thing that we took special note of was the evacuation procedure, which seemed to be written for people with apsolutely no common sense: 1. Alert all occupants in your room, or vicinity. 2. Close doors when leaving room. 3. Check Exits to make sure that they are available. 4. If possible Do not use elevators for evacuation. 5. Make check of occupants when outside fire area.