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They say democracy is about choice, and returning residents of three residential Houses found their toilet-draining options doubled when they returned to Cambridge this year: Eliot, Kirkland, and Dunster Houses installed dual-flush handles in an initiative to reduce water waste. A standard downward push uses a mere 1.6 gallons, a standard amount for a low-flow toilet. But bathroom-goers will be able to save even more water with an upward push on the handle—let’s call it “flush number one”—which is intended...
Akash Goel ’07 said that the wireless connection was down in his entire Kirkland House entryway. Jennifer Yan ’09, who lives in Leverett House, also said that she has been unable to load any websites using wireless...
...according to Goel, residents of Kirkland would rather take a hike downstairs than plug in at their desks...
...computer lab (which is usually empty) in the Kirkland basement is packed right now,” he wrote in an e-mail...
Harvard students, always clamoring for more choice, are now flush with options when it comes to their bathroom activities. Over the summer, all bathrooms in Kirkland, Eliot, and Dunster Houses were outfitted with brand new toilets that now include water-conserving flushing handles, or “flushometers.” The dual-flush handles—painted a bright green—can be pulled up for liquid waste, releasing only 1.1 gallons of water per flush, or they can be pulled down for solid waste, releasing 1.6 gallons of water per flush. According to Jay M. Phillips...