Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strictest form of security against Harvard-unaffiliated intruders--the key card machine--invited himself into the students' rooms, and unfortunately, into their wallets. Last week, a first-year returned to his Thayer dorm room at 4 a.m. and found himself face-to-face with an intruder in his common room. Thankfully, the first-year was a member of the College's heavyweight crew team, and he successfully wrestled his and his roommates' belongings away from the burglar...
...roommate returned from the bathroom, and went into her bedroom. While inside, she reported she heard "scuffling" in the common room. When she investigated, she saw someone exiting the room...
Also, as an emergency measure, equalization of house facilities should begin with the padlocking of the copious common spaces in the Quad and Winthrop House, and every house's TV area should be made as dingy as Eliot...
...just takes some common sense. Clearly, Harvard students will not hang out at Loker Commons just for the hell of it. There needs to be a reason for them to want to make a stop in the depths of Memorial Hall. Put something there that they can't get anywhere else--not more email terminals, or an open microphone, or another overpriced venture of questionable quality. Just bring in the old standbys. Taco Bell, Subway, Burger King, Boston Market. Enterprises that cater to students' schedules, wallets and tastes. Just show them in and watch the place blossom...
Meanwhile, co-captain Deidre Bass and Elizabeth Swinson have avoided the oh-so-common sophomore slump, posting very respectable numbers this season...