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Maybe misery just loves company. But when I realized on Housing Day that I was Quadded, I began to wonder: Why don’t all sophomores get Quadded? If the rumors are true, and Quad housing really has the cushiest single rooms, the nicest community, and the best dining halls, then why not? Moving sophomores to the quad would have benefits both for advising and class bonding—and would eliminate the shameful stigma of living a short bus away...
...legitimacy as a community-builder is hard to swallow. After all, how can a random housing assignment result in the same feeling of connection that we’ve built with our class months before? It would make far more sense to have all sophomores living together in the Quad, reinforcing the class bond that is built on an actual similarity of experience, rather then forcing them into an arbitrary mélange of students...
With the river houses left for upperclassmen, and all sophomores sharing the presupposed burden of Quad housing, class bonding could continue beyond the sacred freshman year, and students would even feel a greater sense of overall college community...
Sophomores living in the Quad might curse their fate, but at least it would only last a year. And the advantages are hard to deny—aside from the intangible community benefits, sophomores would enjoy more focused advising, particularly now that concentration choice has been moved back a semester. Sophomore advising could be more dedicated to concentration-based inquiry and focus, without the pressure of the pre-professional focus their upperclassmen peers are driving towards. Advising staff could be specialized to deal with these types of issues, and to combat the sophomore slump, just as proctors are currently specifically...
...officer was dispatched to a report of loud music in the Quad area. The officer arrived and reports the music was coming from a barbeque at Currier House and advised the individuals to turn down the music...