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...CASH If you’re a quadling ordering late-night takeout, it may be ATM access—not nutritional information—that gets in your way. A Currier House resident on the Committee on House Life is spearheading an effort to bring an ATM to 64 Linnaean St., in light of the inconvenience and safety issues stemming from the lack of ATMs in close proximity to the Quad. Quad residents said this has forced them to trek to either Porter Square or Harvard Square to withdraw cash—a concern highlighted when students need money...
Perhaps Hilles is an unsuccessful experiment, but all is not lost. Within a reasonable number of years, the undergrad facilities and residential housing at the Quad will be transferred to Allston, and graduate students will be Linnaean Street’s new denizens. Administrators have another chance, and should bear the lessons of Hilles in mind when planning their vision for undergrad life in the future: They should avoid the mistake of disregarding Allston’s similarly remote location...
Harvard’s neighbors near Linnaean St. may be interested in “a more stable and more mature population that may be a bit quieter at night,” he told the commission, while the shift might also improve the quality of life “for students who use ‘quadding’ as a verb...
...Currier, but also in Pfoho and Cabot, you don’t have the feeling of stand alone entryways. There’s an incredible social feeling in the Quad.” And quadlings aren’t the only ones who think the grass is greener on Linnaean street. Virginia C. Fritsch ’07, a Quincy resident, told me “[she] would love to live in the Quad,” citing “a sense of community here” which is lacking in the River Houses. She also noted that...
...Linnaean Street resident reported that upon exiting her residence, she observed a male standing at the corner of Linnaean Street and Avon Street, one block north of the Quad. The resident then walked to her motor vehicle and the suspect also walked over, staring at her. She then went back into her residence and the suspect left a few minutes later. Since June of 2004, the suspect has done this approximately twenty times...