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...entry tutor, on the other hand, lives in Dunster for free, has two large rooms and a bathroom at her disposal--all with almost no restrictions. This is the same tutor I've spotted outside the suite only four or five times the entire year (once in the dining hall, once while breaking up a party in my room, two or three times at study breaks...
Granted, my entry tutor is a doctor in residence at a Boston hospital--not the kind of job that provides excess leisure time. But regardless of profession, it seems to me Dunster tutors have a minimal commitment to the house. The effort expended by the four grill managers and the two house committee chairs to foster a sense of community in Dunster dwarfs anything I've seen on the part of the tutors...
Forget my eviction for the moment. Even during the year, tutors claim entire suites as a matter of course--about 30 total rooms in Dunster House for 14 tutors. In a house that expects sophomores to live in rooms barely larger than sandboxes, this is an outrage. Over crowding will be even worse next year since fewer than expected students will take time...
...other perk of tutoring is free meals in the dining hall. Resident tutors in Dunster are allowed 14 free meals a week, and non-residents are allocated five. According to Dining Services Director Michael P. Berry, Harvard spends $640,000 in all the houses to feed non-students. This figure includes senior tutors and their families, masters...
...quick look around the dining hall makes it clear who is eating the bulk of that food. Carol Finn, Dunster's assistant to the masters, says that the tutors manage to polish off their allotted meals quite well...