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In response to Friday’s larceny, residents of Eliot E-51 revealed one of the missing Adams House rugs, hanging it out of their window overlooking the courtyard—equipped for nighttime viewing with a clipped desk lamp.
Although Adams and Eliot have traditionally enjoyed a good rapport, Adams has bickered with Mather, Leverett, and Pforzheimer Houses in recent years—with the conflict often centering on Adams’ gong, a coveted prize in inter-House skirmishes.
“We are not a violent House,” said Timothy J. Smith ’08, last year’s Adams HoCo co-chair. “But if provoked, Adams House promises to deliver swift, vigilante justice.”
When asked about their motives, Eamon F. Fleming ’10 responded, “Adams basically sucks. We just wanted to remind them of which House is best—but we simply also needed a rug for our room.”
Eliot HoCo Co-Chairs Louis K. Kang ’09 and Alejandro Gac-Artigas ’09 said that Eliot HoCo was not affiliated with the thefts. But Gac-Artigas added that “a criminal in Eliot can be said to be better than a law...