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...simple explanation: the vast majority of Harvard students happen to live in the Yard or by the river, and it really only makes sense to hold events where most people live. What’s more, when attempts are made to shift certain facets of student life to the Quad, the result is often contrived and poorly thought...
...space. To make a long story short, organizations—including those to whom secrecy is paramount, like The Harvard Salient—would have to content themselves with cubicles partitioned by curtains, instead of the office space of their dreams (think walls and doors). In an effort to Quad-ify Harvard students’ activities, University Hall has created a serious problem for a number of student groups which serve a large number of the undergraduate community. I love (most) Quadlings as people, believe me, but collectively they just aren’t worth that kind of sacrifice...
Besides, all this fuss about bringing more campus events to the Quad ignores the fact that the Quad has great events to begin with. As an example, consider my enduring bitterness at being turned away from last year’s Pfoho 90s dance because of a crowd that exceeded capacity. Backstreet was back, and I was stuck outside. It was positively (heaven and) Hell...
Perhaps the most frustrating expression of Quadling angst in recent memory came this October, when Quad United Against Library Discrimination (QUAD; the “Library” is cunningly omitted) staged a protest outside of the “Party in Lamont”. Having Lamont open 24 hours while Hilles’ hours are shortened, QUAD claimed, constituted unfair treatment of Quad residents...
...doubt that extending Hilles’ hours would serve some Quadlings well, the fuss made by the would-be library revolutionaries was totally gratuitous and, let’s face it, pretty annoying. Between House libraries and an all-night Lamont, there should be no shortage of places for Quad residents to study, to say nothing of the Quad’s remarkable horde of common rooms. The issue is, apparently, one of discrimination: getting to Lamont takes 20 minutes for a Quadling and fewer than 10 for a River-dweller—never mind that those extra minutes probably...