Word: depotism
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When Sarah M. Poage ’05 went to pick up her package, she found that what had once been a gift from a loved one was now the victim of package depot pandemonium. “I just about started to cry, holding my dead flowers and stale cookies, and told [the distributor] that I was just so disappointed that the kind things others had tried to do for me had gone to waste,” Poage said...
Because the depot must first inform the superintendents before they can inform students of package arrival via e-mail (in every house except Lowell, which uses mailbox slips), there is typically a delay of at least half a day. Students who track their package through the carrier directly, however, do not always get the correct information regarding the arrival date. As a result, the package depots sometimes entertain the same student visitors multiple times...
Greg L. Parish ’07 has visited the depot nearly 15 times without avail...
...depot gives the building managers more time to handle other complaints,” Leverett house Superintendent Paul J. Hegarty said. “Otherwise, I’m in package hell...
...among this year's nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame--the first rap artists to claim that distinction. "The streets are buzzing," says Flash, who shares the ballot with U2, Randy Newman, the O'Jays and others. "I went into Target this week, into Home Depot. Everywhere I go, it's 'Congratulations!'" Bands are eligible for the honor when their first album is at least 25 years old. Dubbed "Toscanini of the turntables," Flash recorded Super Rappin' in 1979. The inductees will probably be announced in December, and this DJ is feeling cautious: "People...