Word: blockinggroup
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Dates: during 1995-1995
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However, his roommate Husani K. Barnwell '98, who had wanted to live in the Quad, was informed this morning that hewould spend the next three years in his blockinggroup's fourth choice, the ever-popular KirklandHouse...
...certain gifted Eliot house resident claimsthat by simply sleeping on a list of a blockinggroup's housing choices, he can guarantee "threeout of four times" that they will get their topchoice. As his roommate recalls, "He claimed tohave dreams about the houses...When he claimedthat he knew with absolute certainty our lotterynumber, we called him on it. He said he wouldn'ttell us because it would jinx us, so he put thenumber he dreamt into a sealed envelope and we allsigned across the top. We did get into Eliot, buthe was wrong by about 300 numbers...
Anthony W. Greenberg '98 said his blockinggroup hopes to get into Winthrop House. "It'scool," Greenberg said, "Nice dining room, friendlypeople, and section 12!" Section 12 is a group ofseats reserved for Winthrop residents at Harvardhockey games, Greenberg said...