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...into the life of the College. The change, however, would cut down significantly on student choice by ending the current system of blocking groups. Instead of moving on to a House with seven other good friends, first-years would face the prospect of living for all four years with entryway mates assigned by the Freshman Dean’s Office who may have a different view of the acceptability of vomiting in the halls on Saturday nights. Though many students form close bonds with their first-year roommates (and ultimately block with them), others can’t wait...
...coffee pot or teapot that students might secret away in a corner of their room. But Harvard administrators don’t know this, and for about seven years, they’ve been protecting HSA’s virtual monopoly on the devices by repeating the mantra in entryway meetings and confiscating other cooking appliances when students are careless enough to leave them out in plain sight...
...give an example to make this more tangible. Some of the high school students in my entryway were enrolled in Government S-40: “Introduction to International Relations...
...typical Saturday night: Hanging out with my roommates and other friends, going to social events with the best entryway ever (Matthews Southies!), playing Ultimate or watching movies...
Mancall added that in determining freshman roommates, the deans attempt to make “every entryway a microcosm of the College.” This policy helps to maintain diversity within each entryway and highlights one of the major problems with the roommate self-selection taking place at colleges around the country—the potential for self-segregation...