The link resonating with the piece of archival history that I analyzed was the current description of the Casa Italiana located online at scu.edu under “On-Campus Living” This piece was chosen because I wanted to compare the old description written in 1984 with the current one we have written online.

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“The da Vinci RLC is located in the Casa Italiana Residence Hall and houses over 350 students. Casa is one of two residence halls that serves as a four-year community, housing first-year students to seniors. First-year students and sophomores typically live in eight-person suites that include four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, and storage space. Juniors and seniors typically live in four-person apartments that include four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, and a kitchen. The Vintage Casa portion of our building offers single rooms with community bathrooms.”

Source: https://www.scu.edu/living/residential-living-options/rlc-undergraduate-housing/da-vinci—casa-italiana/

The link resonating with the piece of archival history that I analyzed is the current description of the Casa Italiana located online at scu.edu under “On-Campus Living” This piece was chosen because I wanted to compare the old description written in 1984 with the current one we have written online.

 

 

One major difference I found was with the size of the residential hall. My archival piece from 1984 said that “the residence complex [was] still being designed, but it hoped that the Casa Italiana would accommodate, depending on student interest, about 50 undergraduates.” Starting with the capacity to only fit 50 students when it first opened, it now houses over 350 students, which is 7 times more than it’s original size with regards to the number of people it could fit. Another difference with the description, for the new and updated online description is less oriented around the Italian culture that is highlighted in the archival piece I found.