Community: Community is used in this essay as the many college students living and learning together at the same university. The community is composed of an ethnically diverse group of people. However, the people of different ethnic appearances tend to hang out mostly with their own kind. In Nathan's study, "most students, but white students predominantly, ended up becoming close friends with people of their own ethnicity." (240). A person of a community need not to interact with everyone in their community, he or she simply needs to coexist with the other residents. That's not to say that unity in a community is not a good thing because it could make a dorm experience much more enjoyable.
Ego-Centered Network: A personal network of friends that serve as "the backbone of most students' social experience in the university.
Community Living Agreement: "The dos and don'ts of hall life."
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