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Student Housing Information
The Hotel Blue will offer a special student rate for the ASA annual meeting. The special rate is only available to students and is $99 per room per night for a single, and $109.00 per room per night for doubles. All rates are subject to applicable city and state taxes at the time of arrival which is currently12.875%. The hotel front desk will require you to show student identification upon check-in. If you cannot provide student identification upon check- in, the student discount rate will not be honored; no exceptions will be made. There are only a total of 75 single rooms and 25 double rooms available for students from October 15, 2008 to October 18, 2008. Rooms are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please make your room reservation PRIOR to September 30, 2008. After September 30th, all sleeping rooms will be sold on a space available basis. Please mention you are attending the ASA annual meeting in Albuquerque, NM to receive the discounted room rate.
Reservations should be directed to the attention of the hotel’s housing director at (505)924-2400; fax (505)924-2465 or email: . Name changes to room reservations may be made prior to arrival at no charge, provided there is no change to arrival and departure dates.
Be sure to obtain a confirmation number from the Hotel Blue. Bring your confirmation number with you to Albuquerque in case you are asked for it at the front desk upon check-in. Persons without reservation confirmation numbers may not be able to get a room at the hotel.
Student Roommate Connection Service
Ten years ago, the Students’ Committee initiated a Roommate Connection Service for graduate students attending the annual ASA conference. The Committee will continue to offer this service for students attending the Albuquerque conference. Rather than having to post your request for a roommate to a list, the Students’ Committee will act as a clearinghouse for students looking to share space.
Any student seeking a roommate need only send a message to the Students’
Committee. The Committee will, in turn, forward your message on to any other student(s) that seem to be a “match.” You will handle all the arrangements from there.
This service is available to all graduate students attending the ASA Conference. Please note that by submitting a request to the Roommate Connection Service, you give us permission to forward the entire contents of your message to other students seeking roommates. If the roommate connection works out, please RSVP back to the Students Committee so we can take your names off of our list. After the initial connection is made the details are up to you.
Please complete the following information and send it to Stacy Jameson at with “Roommate Connection” in the subject heading.
Your Name
Your e-mail address
The dates you will be staying in Albuquerque
Whether you HAVE or NEED space
Any preferences for lodging
Any preferences for roommate (e.g., gender, smoking, gay/lesbian friendly)
Please submit your requests no later than September 15, 2008.
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