Word: insularity
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Giuliani's Censorship Idealistic, Insular...
...answer, of course, was sort of. Visits are infrequent, and reproaches regarding the infrequency of visits are plentiful. Although I love a lot of things about the House system, it does land us in these very insular little worlds, where we can eat, sleep, study, hang out, and basically forget about life outside the realm of our own key-card access. Add this to the startling revelation that Harvard students are very, very busy, and that in general, we probably don't make enough time for spontaneous, casual fun, and you have the little Harvard mini-tragedy of these "long...
...Oppenheim observes, there are plenty of good storytellers in the student body who don't wear khakis, don't enjoy the mindless drinking rituals, and won't reduce themselves to mindless, sycophantic club members. I saw personally how the Key's comp systematically excludes people outside the elitist, insular circle in which so many members travel...
Labeling large blocking groups as insular or anti-social is easy. What is hard, however, is realizing that at times this insularity may stem from a rooming procedure that often throws entire blocking group into an isolated corner of the House. Or it may result because house-wide events celebrate meaningless mixing rather than substantive communal activity...
Furthermore, numbers don't determine social interactions: People who want to be insular can be just as insular in a group of eight or 16, and those who want to meet new friends in their houses won't be prevented by a few extra blockmates. Large blocking groups might even improve House community and facilitate new friendships since students are more likely to attend House events with a group of friends...