Word: entryway
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gretchen A. Hoff '00, universal keycard access has made her life easier, because she no longer has to shuttle down to the entryway door to collect her significant other when he visits...
Another very difficult situation can be the convenience of entryway incest. That tuba player from upstairs who keeps giving you the eye in your proctor group meetings may want to take your friendly relationship one step further. The simple response to the predatory instincts of those male entry-mates is to lock your door at all times and make sure to utilize the peep-hole when there is an unexpected knock at the door. After your next trek to see him in the wilds of a liberal arts school in Maine or the frat-heaven of your state university, make...
...consider ethnicity when I put together rooming groups, but not in the way that you have suggested in this instance. During the summer before the freshmen arrive, I spend countless hours reading their housing applications; in putting together rooming groups, I attempt to have a good mixture in each entryway, with students from diverse geographic and ethnic groups, who also have complementary interests and living habits...
...wait 10 minutes outside until someone who lived there showed up. Last Thursday, I went to Kirkland House to stop by a friend's birthday party. Couldn't get in with my Harvard ID, so I had to corral someone to walk over from another entryway and let me in. Last Saturday night, I was supposed to meet someone at the Quincy Coffeehouse. Couldn't get in with my Harvard ID, so I had to wait five minutes in the dark for someone to leave...
...whole, the convenience and safety arguments in favor of universal access win out; the fact that students have been clamoring for the change for years supports that conclusion. At the very least, masters should be willing to provide universal access to House common areas, where entryway security generally would not be affected. That's what has been done at Yale, where for the last three years, the Yale ID card has provided students access to the gates of all 12 residential colleges...