Word: dorms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fletcher, who is also known as Ahmed Qasseem, recalls a water fight that shorted the electrical system in Hurlbut, his freshman dorm...
...Magnificent Seven, Saturday, Oct. 4, 7:30 and 10 p.m. One dollar, 50 cents with HLS dorm card...
Many of the males interviewed who had male proctors ended up with polarized pairs--proctors whose incompatibility kept the dorm constantly entertained. A freshman who lived in Matthews when it was still an all-male dorm had such a duo. One proctor was third in his class at Harvard Law and didn't know when to stop. He was so competitive that even a waterfight became a contest. If he lost he'd be upset for days, and he'd sneak up on people hours later with buckets full of water to drench them in revenge. The other...
...looking. You have enough problems freshman year without that." A freshwoman who lived in a mixed entry conceded that her proctor had been a nice guy, but a complete loser when it came to dealing with eighteen-year-old women. "He was very popular with the guys in the dorm--mainly, I think, because they were flattered to drink beer and play touch football with a 28-year-old grad student. All he could manage to say to us women were things like, 'How's your boyfriend?" I didn't have...
...more than serve beer and play big brother. Over the years, Dean of Freshmen Burriss Young has developed somewhat of a cult around himself and his Mass Hall proctees. He reportedly gets first pick from the freshman roster in choosing the lucky few who will reside in his dorm, and there's lots of self-congratulation in Mass Hall because of this. "Burriss creates a real Old Harvard atmosphere--we were always invited to his room at night for Chinese food and worldly discussions of politics and academia," said one of the chosen. "He was always bringing Harvard deans...