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Quad house administrators had varied responses to questions about the incident. Pforzheimer House tutors had not been formally informed of the incident. Some Pforzheimer tutors said they were surprised and dismayed that they were not immediately informed. The masters and the Alston Burr senior tutor were unavailable for comment...
...protests against the erection of a sukkah in the courtyard of Dunster House highlight the controversial nature and uncertain future of religion in the houses. The sukkah, which functions as an outdoor house used by Jews to celebrate their harvest holiday, was put up by Dunster's Allston Burr Senior Tutor Suzi Naiburg and numerous interested students. Dissent emerged on two separate fronts: one, the refusal of Dunster Superintendent Joseph O'Connor to allow residents to play volleyball on the lawn, and two, the use of the Sukkah to celebrate a Harvest Moon Festival combining the Jewish holiday with features...
According to Dunster House Co-master Karel Liem, the event was initiated by Allston Burr Senior Tutor Suzi Naiburg and organized by two Dunster resident tutors...
...think randomization is a big deal for us, and I don't want to make our students feel that it is a big deal," says Lowell House Allston Burr Senior Tutor Eugene C. McAfee...
Squash co-captain Tal Ben-Shachar, who is also a Crimson editor, received the Francis H. Burr '09 Scholarship for the senior "who combines as nearly as possible Burr's remarkable qualities of character, leadership, scholarship and athletic ability," while Thaddeus Kousser, who was hit by a car before his sophomore year, took home the John P. Fadden Award for overcoming physical adversity to make a contribution to his team...