Word: leverett
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Besides the usual layering of clothing, Harvard students have devised unique methods to deal with the unexpected cold. Maria Padilla '96 of Leverett House suggests warming up by "sleeping with someone who retains a lot of heat." For those of us not so fortunate, many other creative ways to stay warm abound. For example, Padilla recalled a "pseudo-sleepover" in Leverett House where "everyone brought his or her own space heater and electric blanket" in order to maximize minimal and precious heat...
Many others have also employed similar electricity-draining methods to stay warm. Another Leverett House resident, Matthew Bradley '97 and his roommates "turned on all the lights" and playfully "warmed [their] hands on the light bulbs" while others kept their computers running 24 hours a day to generate life-sustaining heat. Talia Milgram-Ellcott '98 of Matthews Hall admitted to "running the hand heaters in the bathroom on full blast" to warm the air in the bathroom and make showers friendlier...
Showers stood as yet another obstacle to those braving the cold indoors. Christa Franklin '98 of Matthews Hall said her solution to the problem was to "put off taking showers until late at night because it was too cold in the morning." Dorothy Wang '97, a Leverett resident, "stood in the bathroom for half an hour after finishing with the shower because it was warm in there." Some, like an anonymous resident of Dunster House, where the hot water was shut off temporarily, decided to flaunt their natural odor and "didn't take a shower that...
...make the food seem even more heavy and dark than it already is. Sometimes the paintings blend in so well, Harvard students don't even notice them. "Art? Art? I've never seen art in the dining halls," said one first-year. Obviously this kid hasn't eaten in Leverett, where everyone notices the enormous painting taking up a large portion of the north wall of the dining hall. Whether those who have seen the painting call it art is another story...
...Leverett resident Sarah J. Manguso '96 claims the painting "looks like it was made with a three-foot paint roller and poster paint. The most generous thing to call it would be bright. I some-times wonder if maybe it's a joke, a cute bit of irony played on us by the masters...