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The homey atmosphere of the hall is what appeals most to residents. "People here care about you," says Frank Torrisi, a third-year medical student. "They do nice things like giving you a good send-off in the morning." To a man, the residents feel Schuyler's benefits outweigh any drawbacks of its chaste and cloistered regulations—women are allowed only in the first-floor common rooms—which are set autocratically by Director Solarski and a three-man council. "If you choose to embrace this way of life," Torrisi says, "the small suffering is not that cumbersome." Anyway, points out Freshman Fred Dolan, "if you're that desperate to be with a girl in a room, you can always go to her dorm."