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...inconvenient impact of recent cuts to Quad services is only compounded by a general shortage of concern for the needs of student residents. For years, students’ objections to the erratic shuttle schedule have been ignored, and the same dismissive attitude is awarded to Quad faculty. Upon release of the recent budget cuts, all Quad resident deans and House masters expressed extreme dissatisfaction at not having even been consulted. So great is the lack of consideration awarded Quad concerns that during town-hall meetings, administration officials professed unawareness of the ineffectuality of the escort and van service and even...
...diminished services that result from the budget cuts greatly substantiate perceptions that Quad Houses are in some way “lesser” than River Houses. All are familiar with the embarrassing Housing Day spectacle of tear-stained cheeks on the devastated faces of those who didn’t gain coveted access to Adams or Eliot. While much of the strange stigma associated with Cabot, Currier, and Pforzheimer Houses is ill-founded, transportation difficulties may now begin to outweigh the beautiful rooms and tight-knit community. Implications of the Quad commute might now actually provide a credible excuse...
...Quad has no cause to be considered the unfortunate domain of reluctantly banished unfortunates. With its spacious quarters, strong sense of House pride, and short walk to many shops and restaurants, the Quad is a wonderful place to live. But students will only consider it as such when the administration seriously considers the needs of those living there. Quad students now have justifiable safety concerns about returning home late at night and considerably lesser access to the many late-night activities on campus...
...Budget cuts are a reality, and we understand that the Quad must be affected; in an economic climate like this, we all must make sacrifices. As the university cuts back, however, it must ensure that options are in place to provide each undergraduate with a relatively equivalent experience. The budget cuts should impact the university as a whole, and, if aspects of Quad life—such as the shuttle—must be compromised, then adequate substitutes responsive to student need must be provided. If Quad students must be subjected to “separate but equal?...
...recognize that we are in a recession. We are prepared to say goodbye to hot breakfast and farewell to the Quad Library. Where unnecessary spending is taking place, we respect the administration’s decision to make cuts. However, the cost of ensuring Harvard students’ safety is not “unnecessary spending.” Student safety should never be a bullet point between “Scan and Deliver Service” and “Telecommunications Management” on a list of “cost saving measures.” While...