Word: mathering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rule do nor represent microcosms of the College as a whole. Whether this is good or bad is open to debate. However, it is all-important that as the referendum fades into the past, residential issues don't fade as well North House still has no money for renovations. Mather is still crowded, and the list goes on. While our system is good, it isn't perfect. While it won't be random it can still be improved. Let us not lose sight of this. Christopher Roy '86 North House Representative to the Undergraduate Council
...Black students. Kirkland House is great for intramural football and less-than-hot for average GPA; Lowell House is great for Phi Beta Kappa membership and less-than-hot for parties. Adams House's Westmorcty Court and Senior House are splendid and supremely spacious places to live; Mather's low-rise--at least this year--is not. Living at the Quad and having to take a bus to classes is a pain...
Harvard's Houses, in both their overall character and quality of life, have never been the same, are not the same now, and been never be the same as long as North House is still a collection of former women's dorms, Mather House is a jam-packed 17-story basement, and Lowell House can offer its seniors single rooms...
During John Fox's tenure, the deanship has become primarily a crisis-management position. When Mather House students complained about their crowded rooms, Fox was there. When North House students wanted to complain about the renovation plan. Fox was there. As for anticipating problems or soothing feathers before they've been fully ruffled, however, Fox has long been reluctant to address directly the concerns of irate undergraduates on a variety of issues. Only last year did he accede to persistent requests that he establish open office hours for those students too intimidated to go through his normal appointment-making routine...
...Houses, with the exceptions of Mather and Eliot accepted transfer applications in January. Assistant to the Masters None Aubrey said Mather Lanuars consider January transfers because we're just to stulled...