private void assignStudent(Student s) {
   for (int y = 0; y < dorms.size(); y++) {
     if (s.hasRoom()) {
       break;
     }
     Dorm d = (Dorm) dorms.get(y);
     if (d.isFull()) {
       continue;
     }
     if (d.isFemaleOnly() && s.getGender() == Student.Gender.MALE) {
       continue;
     }
     int i = 0;
     while (i < d.getNumRooms()) {
       if (s.hasRoom()) {
         break;
       }
       try {
         d.getRoomByIndex(i).addResident(s);
       } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
       }
       i++;
     }
   }
 }
  /**
   * Assign the set of students (presumably non-incoming-freshmen, but this is not checked) passed
   * to their dorm rooms, in a way that does not take race into account. (compare {@link
   * #assignByRace}.) As a precursor (side effect) to this, any students already existing in
   * upperclass dorms will be removed.
   */
  public void assign(Bag students) {

    emptyDorms();

    // Purge all freshmen. (We're not assigning those.)
    Bag upperclassmen = null;
    try {
      upperclassmen = (Bag) students.clone();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
      System.exit(1);
    }
    for (int x = upperclassmen.size() - 1; x >= 0; x--) {
      Student s = (Student) upperclassmen.get(x);
      if (s.getGrade() < 2) {
        upperclassmen.remove(s);
      }
    }

    for (int x = 0; x < upperclassmen.size(); x++) {
      Student s = (Student) upperclassmen.get(x);
      if (s.getGrade() < 2) {
        // We're only assigning upperclassmen here.
        continue;
      }
      s.leaveRoom();
      for (int y = 0; y < dorms.size(); y++) {
        if (s.hasRoom()) {
          break;
        }
        Dorm d = (Dorm) dorms.get(y);
        if (d.isFull()) {
          continue;
        }
        if (d.isFemaleOnly() && s.getGender() == Student.Gender.MALE) {
          continue;
        }
        int i = 0;
        while (i < d.getNumRooms()) {
          if (s.hasRoom()) {
            break;
          }
          try {
            d.getRoomByIndex(i).addResident(s);
          } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { // System.out.println(e);
          }
          i++;
        }
      }
    }

    // Error testing to see if there are upperclassmen who don't have a
    //  room/dorms that aren't full
    // int q=0;
    for (int x = 0; x < upperclassmen.size(); x++) {
      Student s = (Student) upperclassmen.get(x);
      if (!s.hasRoom()) {
        System.out.println(s + " has no upperclass dorm room!");
      }
    }
  }
  /**
   * Assign the set of students (presumably non-incoming-freshmen, but this is not checked) students
   * passed to their dorm rooms, in a way that <i>does</i> take race into account. (compare {@link
   * #assign}.) Minorities will have a higher probability of rooming with other minorities than they
   * would otherwise have had. As a precursor (side effect) to this, any students already existing
   * in upperclass dorms will be removed.
   */
  public void assignByRace(Bag upperclassmen) {
    emptyDorms();
    boolean foundRoomie;
    for (int x = 0; x < upperclassmen.size(); x++) {
      foundRoomie = false;
      Student s = (Student) upperclassmen.get(x);
      // need to leave current room so that they can get a new room
      s.leaveRoom();
      if (s.getRace() == Student.Race.MINORITY) {
        double rollDice = Sim.instance().random.nextDouble();
        if (rollDice < Sim.PROB_DUAL_MINORITY) {
          for (int m = 0; m < upperclassmen.size(); m++) {
            Student r = (Student) upperclassmen.get(m);
            // if the potential roommate is the same gender, is a
            //  minority, and has no room
            if (r.getId() == s.getId()) {
              continue;
            }
            if (r.getRace() == Student.Race.MINORITY
                && r.getGender() == s.getGender()
                && !(r.hasRoom())
                && !(s.hasRoom())) {
              // find a room that is completely empty
              foundRoomie = true;
              for (int y = 0; y < dorms.size(); y++) {
                Dorm d = (Dorm) dorms.get(y);
                if (d.isFull()) {
                  continue;
                }
                if (d.isFemaleOnly() && s.getGender() == Student.Gender.MALE) {
                  continue;
                }
                int i = 0;
                while (i < d.getNumRooms()) {
                  if (s.hasRoom() && r.hasRoom()) {
                    break;
                  }
                  try {
                    if (d.getRoomByIndex(i).isEmpty()) {
                      try {
                        d.getRoomByIndex(i).addResidents(s, r);
                      } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                        System.out.println(e);
                      }
                    }
                  } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                  }
                  i++;
                }
              }
              if (!s.hasRoom()) {
                // no empty room has been found to put these
                // students in; just assign them normally
                assignStudent(s);
              }
              if (!r.hasRoom()) {
                assignStudent(r);
              }
            }
          }
          if (foundRoomie == false) {
            // no same-minority, same-sex, roomless roommate found
            assignStudent(s);
          }
        } else {
          // dice roll not under PROB_DUAL_MINORITY
          assignStudent(s);
        }

      } else {
        // not a minority, assign normally
        assignStudent(s);
      }
    }
  }