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...Suzy M. Nelson, the associate dean for residential life, this new option will not “undo randomization” because House social programming and dining halls will still encourage people to meet others within their own House.At the same time, the option may help “foster increased interaction among Houses and allow friends to stay in contact more readily,” Nelson wrote in an e-mail.No linking groups were assigned to the same House, she added.Though linking may bring about more interhouse interaction, recent incidents suggest that House loyalty and competitiveness with other Houses will...
...trouble with the current system is that it doesn’t give incentives to foster communities beyond eight people; it emphasizes quantity instead of quality. A freshman is given no guidance as to whom he should spend time with, so he disperses time thinly around his non-blocking friends...
...source, an overwhelming number of blocking groups are making the bold claim that they want to live in the Quad. The great paradox of this mentality is that future blockmates tell each other that they will enjoy the closeness that living so far away from school will foster between them. In the back of their minds they all realize that they will eventually have singles where they can sit by themselves thinking, “Why am I so lonely? Why do I hate everyone?” House Pride In the olden days, housing assignments were not random...
...manner of speaking.”Merritt R. Baer ’06, a social studies concentrator from Denver who is the alumni coordinator of Native Americans at Harvard College, said, “My little brother is of the Oglala Lakota, and we adopted him as a foster child, so that’s sort of the basis of my involvement in the Native American community.”She said that the campus group seeks to incorporate indigenous peoples’ perspectives into courses that often omit mention of Native Americans. “I think that?...
...many ways, this attempt is emblematic of efforts to build ties between political and cultural groups at Harvard and of attempts by political groups to foster more diverse memberships: well intentioned, yet ultimately unsuccessful. Student groups’ attempts at establishing cross-cultural links are too often superficial, based mainly on co-sponsorship and publicity campaigns. Upon reflection, it was hard to blame the BSA, ABHW, and BMF members for not showing up—they were partners in our event only in name, and the Dems held a similar event monthly anyway. But rather than an indication that meaningful...