Word: dorme
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...world of a Harvard smoker is already confined to his or her dorm room. Smoking in dining halls, at lectures and house functions was once an accepted practice. But now Harvard functions ban smoking, students cannot be forced to live with smokers, and beginning with the class of 2001, first-year dorms are smoke-free. So where does this leave the Harvard smoker? Groups of students gather outside the dorms--at least 100 yards away in the case of first-years--as cigarette smoke slowly curls around their heads. It then drifts into the atmosphere, safely away from the clean...
Although such a policy would seem to violate the smokers' civil rights, Harvard's crowded living conditions prove otherwise. The cracks in the walls and doors of Harvard's many old dorm rooms allow smoke to leave its room of origin. It pollutes hallways and seeps through the doors of non-smokers. Thus, these innocents are put at a higher risk of smoking-related ailments by their fellow students...
...Committee on House Life, house masters and students should rally behind Lewis in support of a safer and less malodorous dorm environment, but should also open a dialogue with smokers to determine how best to meet their needs...
...Living above the entrance to Kirkland is good, because arrivals and departures tell a lot about what is going on with people in the dorm," says Katie J. Wink '00. "You see who's getting in a car with someone else. You see who's coming to visit more often. You see if someone fixes their hair before they go into the courtyard and might be seen...
...Talk to that person you used to know but now pretend you don't. (That guy or girl from your first-year dorm or that really great section you both hated...