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...well connected to the College.Instead of replacing the CLC with a directly elected twin, the SEC, we recommend that the funding for campus-wide events be channeled to groups that can have the most impact on student life: HoCos and the FYSC. HoCo-planned events such as the Mather Lather and the Leverett 80s dance are among the best large-scale gatherings on this campus, and while the FYSC throws a fine Freshman Formal, it could do a lot more to unite the freshman class if it received greater funding. Intimately connected to student life through the physical connection...
That said, this Mather House senior has a merit badge most of us don’t. Jones was one of 24 juniors inducted into the Harvard chapter of the national collegiate honors society, Phi Beta Kappa, last spring. Quite a twist, if you consider her humble beginnings here at Harvard...
Having attended a large public high school, Jones was accustomed to lots of social interaction and so her involvement on campus upon arrival was kind of a given. As Co-President of Mather HoCo, Jones spends all of her time on campus. “A lot of my friends are in the Quad, so I crash their Stein Clubs and go to parties there when I can,” she says...
Jones went on to describe the Mather House community as somewhat of a security blanket for her. “My friends tease me because I’m at every meal for the full meal time,” says Jones. “I don’t even particularly like the food, but it’s just where everyone comes to socialize. I’m very worried about missing this next year. It scares me that I won’t have constant access to dozens of friends at all hours...
When she isn’t studying or partying, she’s busy singing Mather’s praises. “My freshman year was the start of the Mather Renaissance, as our House Masters like to call it,” says Jones. “There was a very active HoCo that year and it’s gotten even better over the years. We went around to freshmen and lots of them were crying because they hadn’t gotten into Mather. That was really amazing...