He is growing a passionflower vine along one wall of the room and said that "it has a really spectacular bloom."

He has a duranta tree from Brazil, which in bloom has "lots of little purple flowers."

Weld also grows jasmine vine and gardenias in his room.

The plants have all come from cuttings he took while working in the horticulture industry for the last several summers.

In addition, his mantle houses a replica of the gargoyle which guards the door of St. John the Divine, the unfinished cathedral in New York City.

Finally, Weld has refinished the dresser, painted the fire door red and the bedroom door a shade of blue which he calls "Alice in Wonderland."

His common room, which he shares with roommates Douglas M. Kaden '94, David M. Lange '94, Anthony J. Laracuente '94, Hoon Lee '94, Jon-Peter F. Kelly '94 and Salaiman S. Mamdani '94, features a collection of stuffed bears experiencing different deaths--hanging, stabbing, shooting, pills, grenade and slit wrists.

The accompanying text says that the bears "represent art, society, government and history--all dead or dying in the foul, putrid, maggot-ridden, useless stench pool of the present."

"The humor they put into it is great," Weisman says.

Tea and Crumpets

For those in search of a more civilized motif, the Dudley Co-op abode of Sasha R. Wizansky '95 is sure to please.

While an "afternoon tea" sign on her door greets visitors to the room, a collection of teapots lines a shelf above the window and tea cups are printed on the quilt she made for her bed.

In addition, she has a collection of handmade fiddle-head teaspoons, characterized by their "curly-q handles," hanging from a board on her wall. She takes them down and uses them for her tea, but "in the meantime they look nice up there," she says.

"The escape of the tea ritual has always been very important to me," Wizansky says.

Most of her collection has come from yard sales and thrift shops.