<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/fall-college-house-courses.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>10/05/2022</pubDate><title>Sneak Peek: Fall at the College Houses</title><description>Some describe it as Hogwarts. Many describe it as home. Established in 2005, the College House system shapes the intellectual, social and physical landscape of the Franklin &amp; Marshall campus....Inspired by Oxford and Cambridge universities (and popularized by the “Harry Potter” series), F&amp;M's College Houses have onsite faculty members as advisers, residence halls, and large, open common areas that serve as “third spaces” where faculty and students meet for organized events and informal discussions.</description><author>Kim O'Brien</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/380470889876218688-flavio.341.0.1365.1365.full.jpg" alt="Flavio Hinostroza Baldus 23, right, shown with brother Juan Hinostroza, 25, computer science major and Weis house adviser."/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>Bonchek College House</tag><tag>Brooks College House</tag><tag>College Houses</tag><tag>Roschel College House</tag><tag>Student Affairs</tag><tag>Ware College House</tag><tag>Weis College House</tag></tags></item>