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While a select segment of Harvard’s social stratosphere may have spent the last week mourning the passing of Leverett House’s weekly Thirsty Thursdays party, to its host, Wilson R.S. Prichard ’03, his newly parched weekends are just the latest in a long list of grievances. Hailing from the crisp, pristine streets of Toronto, Canada, Prichard maintains a strong identity as a stranger in a strange land despite the similarities between his homeland to the north—with its drinking age of 18?...
Arianne R. Cohen ’03 is a women’s studies concentrator in Leverett House. Her column appears on alternate Mondays...
While many Harvard students are content to simply grumble about the lack of social life and move on, three Leverett House residents decided a long time ago to improve nightlife themselves. The proactive partiers, roommates Wilson R.S. Prichard ’03, Aaron C. Lang ’03 and Jonathan B. Wood ’03, began throwing a weekly “Thirsty Thursday” in the fall of 2001, featuring sangria as an honored and regular guest. By the time the spring rolled around, the party had evolved from six people sitting in a common room...
...reputation of “Thirsty Thursday” grew, so did the noise it generated, drawing complaints from some House residents. Early this semester, the Leverett House administration put its proverbial foot down, commanding Prichard, Lang and Wood to discontinue their weekly get-togethers. The roommates are now banned from having more than three guests in their suite at a time...
Unfortunately, FM was unable to speak directly with a Leverett tutor with regards to the recent dousing of “Thirsty Thursday.” Catherine Shapiro, Leverett’s Senior Tutor, however, was able to affirm by e-mail, “Leverett House is not anti-party.” Shapiro also stated, “Getting together with friends is wonderful, and when done right, absolutely builds community...