E2 Shuts Down Resident Google Sheet After Realizing It Was Saving Everyone Money

By: Shade Bullock, The Kelloggian Investigations Desk

Email sent to all E2 residents on November 18th

E2 residents were hit with a Very Serious Email on November 18th after management uncovered a beloved Google Sheet that Kellogg students had been using for years to reserve shared spaces. And yes—the legendary sheet has an origin story. 

The sheet itself, owned by a Kellogg ‘23 alumna, has been circulating for at least three to four years without a single issue—an impressive run for something entirely unofficial and entirely crowdsourced. In hindsight, its longevity starts to look less like luck and more like a low-key strategic masterpiece. Quite possibly the most operationally sound system in the building.

The memo warned that “some residents are charging other residents,” immediately sparking the same reaction across Evanston:

“Charging WHO? For WHAT?”

Within minutes, group chats set the record straight:

• No one was charging anyone.

• Everyone was just avoiding being charged… by E2.

  
  

After a thorough investigation by The Kelloggian, the “charging” accusations seem to have originated from Kellogg clubs hosting events in the gym and lounges (which I might add are free to use). But those clubs weren’t charging people for the reservation; they charge to attend the event itself, plus whatever sweet treats or themed goodies are included. In other words: not exactly the secret crime ring E2 seems to be picturing.

And the math explains why residents used the sheet in the first place:

• Theatre Room: $50 reservation fee (max time allowed 240 minutes)

• Party Room: $50 for 30 minutes

• Conference Room: Free (max time allowed 240 minutes)

• Basketball Court: Free (max time allowed 120 minutes)

  
  

So while management pictured a full-blown side hustle, residents were actually just using a spreadsheet to avoid paying $50 to watch a movie or host a birthday party.

Several residents, all of whom spoke anonymously out of concern about possible retaliation from E2, described how the system actually worked.

One resident summed it up:

“The E2 sheet was a way to bypass management… you’d just coordinate internally with Kellogg. The sheet helped because you didn’t have to pay,  but also because you didn’t have to go through management. If someone wanted to use the space too and said, ‘Hey, do you mind if we share?’ you’d just work it out among yourselves.”

Another resident put it more bluntly:

“People don’t charge. No one has ever charged. We’re literally trying not to get charged.”

And an E2 JV admitted they didn’t even realize the Google Sheet was unofficial:

“Kellogg created a massive spreadsheet for people to track who was ‘claiming’ the amenity spaces. It always confused me because I figured E2 had an official reservation system, but I didn’t even know it existed—the spreadsheet was just like the status quo.”

While no one would go on the record, several residents pointed to the November 15th Breathe x Brew collaboration—a KFit power-vinyasa class paired with Coffee Club pour-overs—as the likely source of the rumor that someone was “charging” for amenity spaces. The class had a $5 fee, but KFit representatives confirmed that none of it went toward club funding or reserving the court; it simply covered the cost of the coffee and pastries. 

When The Kelloggian reached out, E2 management denied that any single event prompted their message. They did confirm, however, that someone alerted them to the existence of the unofficial reservation system. That alone, it seems, was enough to bring it to an end.

Management has now banned the sheet and directed all reservations through Elevated Living, which works perfectly fine—just not as well as a giant Kellogg-run spreadsheet. Residents remain confused by the accusation but crystal clear on the economics:

The only thing everyone was trying to avoid… was E2’s invoices.