Word: currierized
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...current moment, the energy here can only be described as tepid, at best. FlyBy wants to give first shotouts to Dunster, Mather, and Eliot for currently having the biggest representation. Other houses here include Pfoho and Currier. FlyBy gives a hearty boo to all you houses who are MIA: Leverett, Kirkland, Quincy, Adams, Cabot, Lowell, and Winthrop. WHERE YOU AT??? At any rate, hopefully we'll find some humor today, though I doubt we'll top probably the finest of housing day moments...
...Restrictions on interhouse dining are widespread and, unsurprisingly, follow a geographical pattern: The far-flung houses—Currier, Cabot, Pforzheimer, Dunster, and Mather—have no regulations at all. Meanwhile, the more conveniently located guard their prime real estate carefully. All require non-residents to come accompanied by a house member for weekday dining. On top of that, Adams, Quincy, and Kirkland have adopted “community nights,” banning outsiders altogether once every week. Combine this with Lowell’s wholesale blockade during opera season, and you have a cumbersome set of barriers...
What’s more, Cabot’s main House-wide party, Mardi Gras, pales in comparison to those thrown by neighboring Currier and Pfoho. This year, the event attracted more security staff and bartenders than students – I guess Chex-mix and DJ Strauss no longer pull in the crowd they used...
...Verdict: Junk.* Cabot may fall short of the spirit of some River Houses, and lacks the party reputation that Currier has so carefully cultivated, but it offers a peaceful, reliable shelter from the bustle of Harvard Square proper. Whether that’s enough to offset the many missed shuttles caused by the dining hall’s erratic digital shuttle schedule is a question with which new residents will be forced to grapple?...
...Heaven in Currier’s annual Heaven and Hell party. The massive common room comfortably houses various couches, a beirut table, a large screen TV and still has plenty of room for the drunken masses. Although the ten single bedrooms aren’t as large as other Currier singles, the mere fact that this suite is the only one on campus with its own elevator and staircase places it near the top of our list—but it’s still in the Quad.Winthrop: ‘The Palatial Penthouse Palace’The fifth floor...