Word: gingo
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Although accustomed to the outdoors, the statue finds protection from the natural elements in an outer coating of paraffin wax. According to Manager of Administrative Operations Zachary M. Gingo ’98, the wax makes the statue easy to clean. “In most instances we can wipe off the substance (shaving cream, soap, food debris, etc.) with a rag,” he writes in an e-mail. “For urine, we wash the statue (as well as the area around the base) with a hose.” John Harvard gets attacked about once...
...result, administrators in the FAS Office of Physical Resources have begun brainstorming ways to reduce the number of items left in Harvard’s basements during the summer. According to Zachary M. Gingo ’98, the proposed changes include charging students per box of storage, as is the policy at Dartmouth, or increasing the distance away a student must live before being eligible to store from 100 miles to 200 miles. While these changes would undoubtedly reduce the number of boxes students store, there are vastly more preferable options that can be reached with some creativity...
...guidelines, which will also prevent students from keeping their furniture and boxes in hallways and other forbidden areas, were developed last year after a citation from the Cambridge Fire Department, and they take into consideration mounting legal and safety concerns, Gingo said...
...Gingo said the new rules will affect only those few students who wait until the last minute to store their belongings—some of whom may find there is no room left...
Another suggestion has been to adopt a policy like that of Dartmouth, where students are required to pay $12 per box for storage. Charging per box would, according to Gingo, serve to “put a value on storage, and might make students reconsider how much they want to store...