Word: alberto
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Alberto speaks English proficiently but prefers Spanish. At Kirkland, he wears the standard dining hall uniform--black shoes, black pants and apron over a standard-issue maroon polo. His hat covers his black curly hair. These curls and his boyish grin belie his actual...
...Alberto deems American rock music acceptable when there is no sexual tension between a couple. With a large group from Kirkland, it would suffice, he suggested. For dancing with a partner, though, it is a poor "What are you going to talk about? There's so much noise," he declared. Salsa is his favorite rhythm. "There are so many pasos (steps). Merengue is only one rhythm. But with salsa, you can dance to the front, to the side, or back. You can dar muchas vueltas (twirl around and around...
...Where Alberto finds time to go dancing is unclear. In a frantic day at Harvard, he lays out desserts at Kirkland and races to the connecting hallway. From there he pushes a stack of plates to the Eliot dining hall. Then, he starts cleaning, or acting on someoneis request, or issuing orders himself. One Saturday, Luis declared, "Today, I'm the general manger." On Saturdays and Sundays, the managers come in only for five minutes or so, to make the payroll. "It's hard, because I have to do my job, and also tell other people what they should...
...renovation of the Kirkland and Eliot dining halls, widely lauded by students, has made work even more difficult for Alberto. "Now there's no room to move around. They took away space. And the plates are much, much heavier," he said. "We have it hard here already because we're working two different dining halls...
...Alberto works Thursday to Monday from 11:45 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. On Monday and Thursday mornings, he takes a class in English composition at the extension school. He drives a limousine for Commonwealth Limousine Service on his two days off to the airport, hotels, New Hampshire and other far-flung destinations. "Driving here is the worst," he said. "In New York, at least the roads are one way, but, here there are lots of rotaries. It's very dangerous. There will be three exits, and you have to memorize the route, or you just go around, and around...