Word: quaded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...WORD comes to mind when I think of the College's attempts to renovate the Radcliffe Quad: disaster. What might have remedied the inequalities between River and Quad houses has instead fizzled into a pathetic reaffirmation of the status...
...inadequate funding. A writer recently used this space to tell us of paint and plaster from his newly renovated ceiling falling on his bed each night. But sloppy work and poor funding only capture part of the problem. Because the idea behind the renovations is itself deeply flawed, the Quad will remain, even after renovations are completed, the river's sloppy second...
...GOAL of the renovations is "parity"--making Quad houses approximately equal to the river houses. Consequently, delapitated Briggs Hall has been brought back into shape; there are no longer holes in the ceilings and cracks in the walls. And, of crucial significance, its long hallways have been converted into entryways. Cabot House is now--as far is the College is concerned--equal to an average river house...
Parity, however, does not true equality make. Renovations fail to address the problems which Quad residents have to deal with every day. The big one is distance. No one enjoys waking up 15 minutes early in order to brave a long walk in sub-freezing weather. The unreliable shuttle bus system--which boasts twisted, slow routes and infrequent departures--does little to ease the problem. Because University life--socially, extracurricularly, and academically--is centered around the river, separate but equal is inherently unequal...
...Science Center "is about the closest thing we could get to equidistance between the Quad and the river houses," Eisert said...