Word: dorm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...knows what evil lurks in the heart of dorm rooms...
...recall one particular after-dinner tea when the women of Comstock Hall were dedicating a new oil painting over the mantel above a crackling fire. It was the portrait of Ida Louise Comstock, namesake of that specific dorm. A speaker recounted for the combined audience of Radcliffe and Harvard students some of the highlights of her inspiring life. Her image then joined those of the other illustrious women who graced the walls of this venerable room. In some quiet way, it served as an inspiration, not only to the young women, but to young men (like me) who would eventually...
...honesty, I have never felt much of a sense of community in Leverett House. Sure, I'll hype up the dining hall to play along with some silly rivalry every once in a while, but when you get down to it, I really couldn't care less about which dorm I was assigned to. In fact, I haven't really found "community" anywhere at Harvard. For me, a significant part of this "alienation" was a result of the fact that it was possible for me to wander about the Yard one balmy fall evening in the beginning of my first...
...last meeting of its 16th spring session, the Undergraduate Council reprimanded the administration for assigning financial responsibility for a rug stolen from the Straus Hall Common Room to the dorm's residents...
...dress as a Muslim? After tolerating rude stares and whistles, I'm prepared for anything, I think. My other roommate, Sameera, wears a hijab, so she lends me an ivory one along with a long, loose navy-colored robe. We laugh as we walk out of the dorm together, wondering if people will really think I'm Muslim...