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...change? We at FlyBy thought there may have been an epic story of a dining hall flood to blame, or that the environmental groups had decided to bring reform to water dispensing at Harvard. Apparently, the modification came for a much less exciting reason...
...example, at past training sessions, incoming Masters spoke with officials involved with University Hall and the Harvard University Police Department, according to Quincy House Master Lee Gehrke...
Parties in Harvard’s 12 Houses tend to be stratified between intimate dorm room affairs and massive dining hall extravaganzas. The pilot Student Initiated Programs fund promises to change that. The fund, for which the UC began accepting event applications last Friday, will distribute money for two approved, medium-sized parties this semester. The two Houses hosting the parties, Pforzheimer and Quincy, will match the UC’s contribution. The two parties will be used as a barometer to test the effectiveness of the fund at providing resources for safe, medium-sized parties where alcohol...
Funding these parties will also encourage a good use of social space that already exists. Quincy House Master Lee Gehrke cited the dining hall, House Master’s residence, and the House Junior Common Room as approved spaces for SIP parties. These high-quality venues are ideal for the types of gatherings that the fund will sponsor, yet at the moment they seem to be used largely for sporadic House events. This is a shame, because beautiful and large rooms such as JCRs have the potential to serve as centers for student social life in a broader context...
...Students’ lives are very much impacted at Harvard by where they cannot go,” said Undergraduate Council President Johnny F. Bowman ‘11, later adding, “Dining hall restrictions are very much a part of that, or are becoming more a part of that than they ever have been...