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Currier House residents who battled their way home to the Quad during last Friday night’s snow expecting warmth and shelter instead faced the foul odor of a sewage leak. On Friday afternoon, one of the House’s primary draining pumps shut down, causing a build-up of pressure that burst a sewage pipe in the House’s Lower Main hallway. Since the hall links all resident towers to the dining hall and to the House’s main entrance, the sewage puddle cut residents of Daniels Tower off from their rooms...
...question arises: why is the Quad so stigmatized at Harvard? Is it simply the far-off location, or does the Quad reveal something about the deep insecurities of Harvard house life in general? It is time, my fellow students, to develop a cohesive Theory of the Quad...
...does this relate to Harvard? Well, clearly, the Quad represents the Other in our midst. When one is Quadded they are declared to be different from the norm that is the river—one never hears of being “riverred.” By making the Quad into the Other, river house residents project their own insecurities about house life onto it. For example: “My house is made up of rat-infested walk-through doubles and has no sense of community, but at least it’s not in the Quad...
...plan to pair each Quad House with a “sister” River House where Quadlings would be allowed to eat lunch, like the system already in place for Adams and Pforzheimer residents, was proposed at last month’s meeting...
...committee also discussed possible solutions to the problem of providing adequate lunch space for students who live in the Quad...