Word: off-campus
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...Even though both Gutierrez and Tomas have had to live off-campus, they have tried to remain as active as possible in Harvard life. Both agree it has not been easy. When Tomas returned to campus after a brief hiatus—as a second-semester freshman unable to return to the dorms—she often felt out of the loop. Since she was affiliated with Dudley House, she was off of the Freshman Dean’s Office’s radar...
...Jared J. Pearlman ’08 decided to move off-campus this fall. When he returned to campus, he was surprised and a little wounded when his swipe card was canceled, preventing him from getting into storage and to extracurricular meetings within Houses. Harvard policy allows all students who move off campus retain their swipe access. Pearlman says that the default appears to be that students must request to have their access maintained...
...While the forced separation is problematic in some ways, many off-campus students cite detachment as the main reason they wanted to move outside the Harvard bubble...
...attitude that Harvard undergrads who live off-campus are an anomaly informs the way that both students and University officials approach leaving the House system. The freedom and detachment the current system provides can be a blessing for those looking to escape Harvard’s claustrophobic confines, but also makes it difficult to stay connected to resources and opportunities...
...Given Harvard’s entrenched House system, it remains to be seen if the number of students who live off-campus will ever change. In the meantime, at least this small percentage of off-campus students can call themselves pioneers of a cause for a more responsibility-filled student life. And they will likely have better food...