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...essential change mentioned in the report is renovating house dining facilities to allow for longer and more flexible dining-hall hours. This proposal is sure to be greeted with delight by nocturnal students craving something more substantial than a slice of bread from brain break after their dinner at an hour better suited to an early-bird special. Many students stay up long past the time when food is available, and extending dining-hall hours would reduce the need for students to spend additional money on food outside of the dining hall...
...does not wait until the renovations are complete to address some of these issues. Though some problems cannot be avoided given the current physical configuration of the houses, others can be alleviated for students immediately. Dining-hall hours, for example, or at least the quality and hours of brain break, could be improved long before the renovations. And, though the amount of available common social space cannot be changed, lesser-used social spaces can be made more welcoming...
...viewer absorbs one tale, images from neighboring stories flicker in and out of his sight. The artifacts from one life—a bed, a photograph, a shot of the salt mines—encroach on the account of another. At times, sounds from the big screen break into the widow’s monologue. So while the widows speak of empty houses and long days spent in solitude, they are never alone in Varda’s exhibition. They belong to a collective built from misfortune...
Late night munching, however, is a sad affair. The average brain break is abysmal after 9 p.m. Quad life is one far away from any late-night food establishment, and night owls either become vending machine regulars or takeout speed-dial savants...
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