Word: loker
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...Loker's cold and empty hearths were shipped...
...University's response was particularly commendable in its creativity. Perpetuating the Camp Harvard charade the Crimson Key Society works so hard to sell, the displaced first-years were set up bunk style in Loker Commons and convinced that toting their toiletries across the Yard was more fun than bathing across the hall. Had they had any talent aside from their charming smiles and intimate knowledge of the Love Story script, the Key counselors would have sung them Kumbaya as they fell asleep, not to the crackling of a campfire, but to the sirens of neighboring fire trucks...
First-years were quick to laud Harvard's handling of the plaster disaster. Perhaps they were still awed by the grandeur of first impressions. Perhaps the closeness of the Loker barracks provided better opportunities to "get to know your neighbors" than the ice cream bash. Or perhaps it was the embarrassment that they should have known what was coming all along: If the holes in the pavement in front of your building date back to before the advent of electricity, then the support beams in your ceiling are probably that old as well...
Fourth floor residents were moved into temporary housing in Loker Commons while engineers investigated the incident. Students on the first three floors of the buildings were allowed to return to their rooms Tuesday night...
...University provided the displaced students with full-sized beds and toiletries while they were in Loker--a move that drew high marks from affected students...