Word: quaded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When a Quad housing assignment relegates one's better half to the opposite end of the shuttle map, things definitely change. In fact, Quadlings commonly agree that even platonic cross-campus friendships run into difficulty when one partner is shipped off to Old Radcliffe. But Quad-bound first-years shouldn't panic yet. While it's true that most Quad residents refute the maxim "absence makes the River heart grow fonder," it's also true that many claim assimilation into Quad culture to be a preferred alternative. And some even go so far as to assert that space...
Hart's success may not come without a price, however, and she notes that since most of her friends live by the River, she attends few Quad social events and parties. In fact, many Quad residents suggest that social success requires them to focus on either Quad or River ties. While every rule has its exceptions, the experiences of many Quadlings suggest that maintaining iron-fast relationships in both River and Quad neighborhoods requires superhuman social stamina...
...students like Brandon P. Jones '00, moving to the Quad meant redefining friendships and forming new social bonds. As far as maintaining River friendships, Jones admits that he "was absolutely not able to" and rarely attends River House parties. "My friendships are now almost universally Quad-based," he says...
...exiting an unhappy living situation may be worth the price. Since randomization rocked the Harvard housing scene, it seems as if transferring is everybody's new favorite extracurricular. And although Pforzheimer House Assistant to the Masters Sharon Holt claims a downward trend in transferring from that House, many current Quad residents have found their surroundings distasteful enough to desert...
...FUNCTIONAL FACTOR. For functionalists, the inconveniences of Quad life can make transferring worthwhile. Following the recent rape case in Byerly Hall, female Quad residents seeking to transfer have expressed concern about walking home down Garden Street alone or after nightfall. Other unhappy Quadlings have cited the far trips to athletic practices across the River. Most, however, are simply frustrated at the inaccessibility of their belongings throughout the day. One junior transfer sums up the frustration leading up to her decision to exit Currier House: "You inevitably forget a book, a problem set, a Tutorial paper. Then...