For general info, go to the housing website's official page for the Cuicacalli Suites. The page will give you basic information on Cuicacalli and you can even take a virtual tour of one of the rooms!
The layout for Cuicacalli Suites is not as simple as other halls, but it is fairly easy to figure out. There are two six-story buildings (Tacuba and Tepeyac) that each house 350 residents. Cuicacalli, the two-story building between Tacuba and Tepeyac, houses the front desk, Dining Hall and other general facilities. Tacuba (also known as Cuic A) is closest to East Campus Dr. and the parking garages. Tepeyac (also known as Cuic C) is closest to the foot bridge.
Cuicacalli houses the following:
First floor:
Second floor:
Tacuba and Tepeyac house:
The Cuicacalli Suite's front desk is located directly behind the front entrance. When classes are in session, the desk is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There is one desk assistant and one security monitor at the desk during daytime hours. During nighttime hours (9pm - 1am on weekdays; 9pm - 3am Friday & Saturdays) there is one desk assistant and two security monitors.
The number for Cuicacalli's desk is 4-2622 from an on-campus phone, (619)594-2622 from off-campus phones.
The sliding doors that lead to Tacuba and Tepeyac sometimes have issues. Students have to use their swipe cards to get into each building, but sometimes the swipe card readers do not work. If this happens there is a key in the key box behind the front desk that turns off the security feature for the doors. The doors will no longer be secure but people will at least be able to get in to the building.
At the end of each year, the Cuicacalli staff and Hall Council put on a large scale program for all the residents. They set up a stage for bands on one lawn and have games or big inflatables on the other lawn. They also have food and drinks and even get out the sno cone and popcorn machines.
All the check-in stations are set up in the Cuicacalli Seminar Room. Opening up all the dividers creates a large enough space to accommodate all the residents and their family members. For more information on what you should have at each station refer to the annual report on the server under Cuicacalli.
At one point during the day you will have a parents' meeting in the Tula. An agenda for the meeting will be e-mailed to you prior to opening. You will basically tell the parents a little about housing and Tenochca and then field questions. Do not worry too much about this, other REO/OHA staff members will be present to help you with questions.
Intent to Vacates, Room Conditions and Express Check-out forms should be placed or filed at the front desk so that RAs and DAs can easily access them. The Express Check-out box is located on the left of the front desk (it's a large black box; you can't miss it). RAs should be given keys and packets of forms for each resident of his/her floor. You can collect all the keys and forms after you have done your final walk-thrus of each floor.
Special Note: Do not stress out too much about closing, there will be plenty of training on it at the end of the year. The closing checklist will also help you a great deal with closing, however if you would like to see how past Cuicacalli RHCs handled closing you can refer to the old documents on the server under Cuicacalli/Closing.
One of the challenges of suite-style living is the number of students that can sometimes be involved in any given incident. Oftentimes the entire suite (8 residents) has to be documented for a single policy violation. Only a few residents may be found responsible but it can be difficult for the RAs to tell if residents are not actually present or if they are hiding in their rooms.
Residents who are not responsible for a policy violation can still be helpful. Usually they know what happened and they can clear up who is lying and who is telling the truth. Sometimes residents may not want to say anything that will get their roommates in trouble, however, you can simply let them know that if no one takes responsibility for the violation then everyone will be found responsible. This will usually get the residents who are not responsible to tell the truth.
