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...practically my second dorm room,” he says...
Commencement ceremonies were about to begin, but the call hadn’t come in yet. Hours later I was back in my dorm room, diploma in hand, but had still received no message. What was keeping the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office? Didn’t they know I was finally graduating from Harvard? They must have forgotten. Otherwise, they would have called to say, “Hello, Ms. Wilf, we are thrilled that you are finally graduating from Harvard. There’s been a terrible vacuum here for the past four years. How soon...
...most undergraduates’ minds, and congestion affects only that small group of early risers from the Quad who endure a sluggish shuttle ride down a jam-packed Garden Street. As Harvard enrolled increasing numbers of students during the fifties, the need for space was not limited to additional dorm rooms. About one in 20 students brought a car to campus, aggravating already-worsening traffic problems in the Square. Furthermore, as the influx of cars increased, Cambridge struggled to accommodate parked cars, with frequent clashes between students and Cambridge authorities. This issue of parking in Harvard Square affected hundreds...
...freshmen to the house in the University’s largest attempt to relieve serious overcrowding in the Houses and Yard. Irving S. K. Chin, then a second-year at Harvard Law School, was a popular proctor in the new buildings, which came to be known as the Union dorms. Chin said the freshmen had “adjusted pretty well,” and he praised the dorm for being “as close to a fraternity type of arrangement as you can get.”The housing shortage effected undergraduate life indirectly, as well. A group...
...what we expected to find. A gamier version of Meet the Fokkers, I guess. But, no. various members of the cast convened for a concert. The vibe was like an American Idol audition on Avenue A. A little raunchy, but essentially convivial. As Mary C. noted, "It's a dorm party, not a porn party." It took place in a bandshell at the end of the pier that stretches into the Mediterranean. As I looked down, I noticed quite a bit of unattractive flotsam in the water. The sea was dirtier than the show...