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Common Spaces: Reserve in advance. The Adams Lower Common Room and Upper Common Room are great for hosting meetings, study groups, and so on, but book them ahead of time. The Adams library is another cozy space with its own group of regular study-fiends. Nook-like common spaces dot the halls of Adams entryways, and the underground muraled tunnels lead to what used to be the Adams pool and is now used as a theater of sorts. For the athletically inclined, the Adams gym is a little lacking. The “dungeon” has six machines...
House Spirit: The Adams House Committee does a great job of planning events during the year, including Drag Night, the Harvard-Yale tailgate, Winter Feast, Winter Formal, Chocoholica, and Spring Formal. In addition, this year’s FDR Gala truly reflected Adams stately past (FDR’s grandson flew in from France to attend...
Score: +14,000 for great events, +400 for the food, -350 for the creepy ghost, -500 for dining restrictions, +30,000 for an awesome atmosphere
...administrators are great. House Master Lino Pertile gives intricate multi-lingual speeches at House dinners praising the House and its residents. House Master teas feature homemade English scones by House Master Anna Bensted in addition to Pertile's fascinating stories. Allston Burr Resident Dean Michael R. Canfield used the Eliot woodshop to make the cribs for his twins. Oh, and there's the ghost of Charles Eliot, who is said to help any student with p-sets if asked nicely. We're not quite sure, though, whether he knows multivariable...
Last: “For me it’s a great blended existence, if I can at all control my schedule and be a mom and be home for my daughter—it is a luxury. I feel bad for people who don’t have choices...