Koestraat
Koestraat is the only green campus locations of the Roosevelt Academy, a small liberal arts and science college in Middelburg, the Netherlands. It is housing approximately 240 students from all around the world.
History
Koestraat started of as an office building, but changed into a student residence in 2004. The rooms in Koestraat are either single, or double studios. All rooms have either the base colours of blue, red or yellow, and a SmartCube is randomly placed as a bathroom and kitchen. It was supposed to be a bed on top of the Cube, but the Housing Affairs Council (HAC) of 2003 went against the proposal of Woongoed because the rooms would then be smaller in size. In 2010 solar panels were installed on the roofs, as the first green campus location of Zeeland.
Emergis
The Koestraat ground floor is inhabited by Emergis residences. Emergis is an institution for Dutch people with a history of mental illness who need support and structure provided by a personnel who are there 24/7.
Door policies
First floor Koestraat residents are known for their closed door policy, and being very influence by the ground floor residents in behavior. Second floor residents are known for an open door policy, and being way higher than the third floor residents.
Studies done on Koestraat Residents
A statistics ACC110 study has proven beyond all reasonable doubt that the average EQ, of Koestraat is significantly higher than other campuses. The test results of Roggeveenhof, Driewegenhof and Bagijnhof were all lower than those of Koestraat, it is being concluded that they all have a name ending with 'hof'. Koestraat has the least sleeping hours compared to the other campus locations [1] The reason for the lack of sleep is the breeding of party animals on the second floor, and the great impulses and vibes this sends out to the other floors. At least 3 times a semester, beer is provided by 2nd floor students, and freely distributed in the common room to all students attending. These unique moments are called K2 parties. People from all across the world are gathering up in these parties.
Barbara Streisand
The Koestraat building is home to Barbara Streisand, who is mostly known for roaming around in the 2nd floor.
2nd Floor Mascot
At the beginning of November 2010 Koestraat 2nd floor was introduced to their floor mascot named Billy Bob, also referred to as Bob Billy. This mascot serves the purpose of watching over the common room and any types of crime, including extensive alcohol consumption
Happiness
Because of Koestraat's "open door policy" a majority of the inhabitants have increase their social skills. The K2 parties were the main cause of the happiness. However "hangovers" have played several roles, making common rooms on Wednesday mornings a quiet place. A statistics ACC110 study is being done to find out how the Koestraat residents are able to not learn, but get impressive grades. [2]