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...tightly-knit student groups. Then come second-tier student groups, after that cultural or religious affiliations, and, only then, the Houses. One is almost embarrassed to introduce a friend by (merely) claiming a shared House. Whereas at Oxford and Cambridge—the universities upon which our system was modelled??€”students are still identified as residents of certain colleges, at Harvard you are more likely to be identified by your cliquish social club or cutthroat political group. There is little community, little sense of shared space...

Author: By Sahil K. Mahtani | Title: This Old (Inter-) House | 11/2/2005 | See Source »

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