Word: quaded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most weekdays, the starts and driveway in front of Currier House groan with the collected weight of dozens of Quad residents. The occasion is not the opening of a Broadway show, nor even the Primal Scream, but the mundane wait for the arrival of a shuttle bus. There are shuttles at 9:45, 9:50 and 9:55 a.m., but to make sure you get to class on time, you should probably take the 9:35 a.m. shuttle. Why? Because students waiting for the later shuttles resemble nothing so much as a pack of hungry wolves...
Theories abound on why the numbers have increased so abruptly. It seems to be a combination of two factors the graduation of many seniors who did not ride the shuttle as a matter of ride and the randomization of hundreds of sophomores into the Quad. Having been banished to the north by Harvard, these sophomores likely feel it is their right and privilege to take full advantage of Harvard's resources, not least of which are the shuttle buses...
...there is hope. According to knowledgeable sources, two bike shops call the area on Mass. Ave. near the Quad home. They sell bikes for fairly cheap prices. The bikes even work. To all the sophomores and others who are crowding the shuttles: Go there today. Bite the bullet and buy a bike. You can't stay in denial of the Quad forever...
House Comm., So.-Voting Mem., Jr.-Moors Rep., Sr.-Moors Pres.; Quad-Wide Formal Comm., Advt., Sales; House Spring Formal '95, Sales; House Spring Formal Comm. '96; Site Location, Advt...
Many of the appeals in Justin Osofsky's piece ("Learning to Love the Quad," Opinion, 9/24/96) are on target; however, as a first-year, I must take issue with one of his points...