Since Vice Provost John Bravman proposed a major housing overhaul last Tuesday, e-mail lists and dining halls have been buzzing with reactions.

Among the most contentious changes are the proposed relocation of Ujamaa to Florence Moore Hall and Branner Hall’s switch from an all-freshman dorm to upper-class housing.

Ujamaa residents, with the support of the Black Student Union, have slated two meetings for the coming weeks to formulate their response to the proposal.

“In moving Uj to FloMo, Uj loses so many of the positive things that encourage people to get involved with and stay involved in Stanford’s Black community,” said Ujamaa resident Maccarin Morton, a sophomore.

“It loses much more than its singles,” he added, citing the theme programming and appeal to black admits that he believes the house stands to lose.

Ujamaa resident Khalilah Karim, a senior, agreed, saying that enactment of the proposal would have “far reaching effects not only for future and current students, but for alumni.”

She said she worries that Ujamaa reunions will lack their nostalgic quality if the residence is moved to a strange house.

“[Ujamaa] is not just the black house - it is part of our legacy, our culture at Stanford,” she said.

However, the decision to relocate Ujamaa is not yet final. At a meeting held at Ujamaa last week, Bravman promised that “students would have valuable and meaningful input into where [the dorm] will be relocated,” said resident Ochuko Metitiri, a junior.

“Nobody is completely against change,” Metitiri added. “We just would like to see that proper consideration is taken in the whole process as well as to ensure that the move will not destroy the spirit of the dorm.”

Plans to reform Branner were also met with mixed feelings. Branner freshman Karina Liu said she feels an attachment to Branner’s all-frosh legacy.

“I think Branner should stay a freshman dorm,” she said. “That’s just how I associate it.”

Senior J.P. Schnapper-Casteras, a former resident assistant at Branner, also said he values his experience at the all-frosh dorm. However, he added that “if [the overhaul] allows more people to have the all-frosh experience, I think the changes could be a good thing.”

Schnapper-Casteras said he regrets that three to four hundred in-coming freshmen were denied the all-frosh housing they requested last year.

“Bravo for Bravman trying to make [freshman housing] more fair,” he said.

Trancos Resident Fellow Jennifer Lane said that many freshmen enjoy four-class housing.

“Students with whom I have spoken stress the importance of cross-class friendships,” she said.

One such student is sophomore Cheng Boon Yap, who worried that the changes would “diminish four-class interaction,” something he enjoyed while living in Stern last year.

Bravman said that the responses he has gotten so far have been overwhelmingly positive. He said students stopped him on the street to express their support.

However, Lane, speaking on behalf of her fellow RFs, said she hopes that the University continue to look into the changes before finalizing them.

“We would ask that the planners please hold a number of meetings with ResEd, student staff, Resident Fellows and with students in general to truly explore this issue before locking anything into place,” she said.