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Room by Room: The Story of One Entryway

"There's a lot more footage that needs to be shot," Emma says.

Just Like Mom and Dad

The women of F-21 threw the engagement party for entryway tutors Jim von der Heydt and Meg Marshall. The nuptials are set for this summer.They say they want to wait to have their first child until resident Taylor Pollock becomes an Ob-Gyn.

Their set eating time makes it convenient for residents to join them for meals. At their weekly study breaks--every Sunday night at 9 p.m.--they welcome everyone into their cozy, if cramped, living room. They even edit papers for their entryway.

Their entryway students, many of whom say they have not been impressed with some tutors in the House, gush over Jim and Meg.

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Entryway resident Michelle founded the poetry journal the Gamut and now Jim serves on the board. Meg, an aspiring minister, has given solace and comfort to practically every student in the entryway and beyond.

"We see ourselves as a team," Meg says. "We work both together and separately with them. It's almost as if we have three relationships with them."

n terms of their style as tutors, Jim agrees it' best not to overwhelm.

"We tend to be more receptive than hyperactive," he says.

The one area in which they admit that they go overboard is their study breaks.

Always creative, like a chocolate fondue event combined with door prizes (silly straws and pick-up sticks) for exam period, the study breaks have become so popular they have attracted "honorary" entryway members.

"I like having the weekly check-in and know we've seen them in the space of the week," Meg says.

Jim and Meg have used the breaks to start entryway intrigue.

When they heard Sally and May's idea to open up an all pudding shop--tentatively named "Pudding on the Ritz"--they decided to turn the concept into a Sunday night activity.

With the promise of five flavors of pudding, a crowd of about a dozen people came to nosh and discuss the idea.

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