Word: kirklands
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seven days a week." (Does he?) "Is one really enough?" (One bag? Probably not!) These are just a few of the slogans that pepper the outer walls of Boston's largest self-serve ice receptacle which occupies a small lot on the border of the Cambridge and Somerville, 100 Kirkland St. According to local legend, a little man named George lives inside the landmark. It is he who 24/7 offers the five-pound bags of cubed ice for $1 and $2 blocks...
When Scott from Kirkland's world goes awry, he turns to other sources of order--family, friends, school. Latrell from Milwaukee's world in the main stream was shaped by nothing but hoops. He was a recluse from a broken home who learned that it's pretty hard to suckle basketball...
...bankers are in themodus operandiof corporate America. Ec 10 sourcebooks in hand, we join a cult whose only guiding principle is the profit motive. We need not feel hopelessly idealistic or Marxist if we dare to ask for more. Maxwell N. Krohn '99 is a computer science concentrator in Kirkland House. This past year he was the publisher of the Harvard Advocate...
...Kirkland, 7 of 10 students did not know the box's location. Perhaps because of student ignorance, Kirkland has the best-stocked box of those examined, containing instructions in English and Spanish, as well as condoms and latex gloves. Then again, the same proportion of surveyed Lowell residents knew about their box, and it was out of both condoms and gloves, although there were plenty of instruction sheets available. (By contrast, the Adams' box was a quarter full and out of instructions...
Andrew S. Chang '99 is a neurobiology concentrator in Kirkland House. His column will appear on alternate Wednesdays...