Word: quaded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course, the seductive men. Last week, as I sat in my Anthro seminar, lost as usual in daydreams of Paris and Milan, I was struck with a peculiar epiphany. Surprisingly enough, my biased idealization of European culture translates quite nicely into a self-serving comparison between Europe and the Quad. Though initially you may scoff at this unlikely analogy, it is a convenient means to convince myself and others that my life in Currier is second in glamour only to life in the City of Lights. Really, the evidence abounds...
Mimicking the attitude of most provincial Americans with regards to Europe, typical River-dwellers marginalize the Quad as "a nice place to visit--but I wouldn't want to live there." The Quad, like a stereotypical European town, has been pastoralized as a picturesque locale lacking the modern conveniences of urban (Square) life--i.e., 24 hour drug store, cash machine, parking garage. In actuality, the absence of these so-called amenities promotes a more relaxed lifestyle. In Europe, as in the Quad, a sense of community flourishes at a safe distance from standard consumer hubbub. Out here on the margins...
...House Masters Sandra A. Naddaff '75 and Leigh G. Hafrey '73 (College sweethearts who met while living in the Quad) are dedicated to bringing music to Mather and even hired a music tutor when an entering blocking group showed special interest in jazz. The masters' two young sons are fond of sharing Chickwiches with the big kids in the dining hall and play a mean video game...
...Hanna M. Hastings joked that their House was at the bottom of every student's list of housing choices. But a multi-million dollar renovation completed in the late 1980s created an airy, two-story dining room and dramatically improved student accommodations. The House also plays host to the Quad Sound Studios and Harvard-Radcliffe Television headquarters...
...larger-than-expected enrollment in Currier House this fall chipped away at the Quad's reputation as the land of spacious singles, causing "painful, crowded situations" says Master William A. Graham...