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...there’s one person who hears these lines the most, it’s likely UC President Ryan A. Petersen ’08, who between phone calls (15 to 20 a day), e-mails, text messages, meetings, and the nights that Sundquist spends on his futon, has plenty of opportunities to enjoy his running mate’s amiability. But this is not to say that the two are joined at the hip: Sundquist’s schedule is his own, and it is a busy one. A BIG STICKDining halls tend to be lonely places...
There are many people who we want in our dorm rooms. We open our doors to prospective students and to roommates’ high school classmates. Sometimes, we lend our futon to a friend who missed the last Quad shuttle of the night. On a very good Friday night, we stumble home with that senior from section. And then there are people who we don’t want in our rooms—people whose presence makes life decidedly awkward, uncomfortable, or worse. Like room inspectors, who leave us with a handful of pop tarts and no toaster oven...
...Houses with more than four false alarms this year already, according to a previous Crimson article. Freshman dorms have also had their share of nights spent in the cold. Stephanie Lo ’10, a resident of Canaday D, found herself on a neighbor’s futon Thursday night following the false alarm in Canaday Hall. “Everyone was in pajamas,” she said. “One of my friends had only one shoe.” The residents of Canaday D were unsuccessfully asked to confess and then told to find...
...contacted the company four more times before Kowitt hand-delivered the $525 reimbursement check yesterday morning. “We feel Harvard should never do business with Collegeboxes again,” Davis said. Kirkland resident Taylor M. Owings ’08 has also found herself sans futon since move-in day. She said she filed for her insurance claim, but that two months later, a representative told her the firm had lost her paperwork. She complained that Kirkland forced her into the arrangement with Collegeboxes. “We didn’t have any choice...
...that much,” and “I know!” This technique actually works fairly well. Except for once when a girl inexplicably ran off in tears, and another time when I unwittingly volunteered to help move someone’s futon from the Quad...