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...result of these changes the co-ops have vastly improved since last year, undergoing a renaissance of sorts, according to Ira Bashkow '84. The changes included the end of assigning Quad overflow students, establishing a limit of 18 students per co-op, and allowing students who move to the co-op from a House to maintain their former House affiliation...
This makes it easier for students to experiment with co-op living, according to Bashkow, because they can move back to their original House if they don't like the co-op, and even if they remain at the co-op they do not have to sever all ties with their former House...
...demand for the co-ops has increased since we made all the policy changes last year," says Housing Officer Teresa Cavalier. "Last year one of the co-ops wasn't even used as a co-op and the others weren't filled. This year all three of the co-ops are running at their capacity level of 17 students...
...would still have joined the co-op even if they didn't change the rules, but keeping my House affiliation made it a lot easier, "says Julie Rapoport '84, who transferred from Lowell House. "I like the fact that I am still invited to Lowell House functions and that I can still get my diploma with all my friends in Lowell...
Each of the three co-ops houses about 17 undergraduates and one resident tutor who acts as a liaison between the co-op and its affiliate House either North, South or Currier. Among the day-to-day duties, the tutor attends monthly meetings between the three co-ops and the affiliate Houses to discuss various problems and concerns of the co-op residents, according to Eddy...