Word: quaded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cabot House Formal, held Monday night at the Lansdowne Playhouse in Boston, was a different scene entirely. As in their daily life, Quad residents found themselves far from the rest of campus in an hard-to-find locale...
...choice have cited the "Black table" and the "Asian table" as examples of the self-segregation and lack of interaction that existed before randomization. They also point to the relatively large number of students of color who chose to spend their remaining three years at Harvard in the Quad or Quincy. As tutors of color, we are wary of any policy, including randomization, which implies that a community of minority students gathering together is inherently insular, and thus, problematic. Such policies ignore both the diversity that exists within these communities and the considerable interaction that takes place between minority...
Furthermore, the claim that the relatively large minority populations that used to live in the Quad and Quincy somehow stifled campus-wide student interaction is equally misleading. The administration would be wrong to conclude that these communities lacked diversity and somehow prevented interaction between students on campus. Consider the perspective that before randomization the Quad was not the most segregated, but rather the most integrated place on campus...
...letter goes on to counter claims that the concentration of minority students in the Quad Houses and Quincy House before randomization somehow detracted from "campus-wide student interaction...
Although we respect the objections of the Quad House masters of the river Houses, especially near the MAC quad, do not have such valid objections. Several masters objected to Merriman's proposal on the basis of feared destruction of the landscaping and the underground conduit system. While the grounds would have been temporarily disturbed, this objection is short-sighted and reactionary. According to Merriman, she had provided an extensive plan containing preventative and restorative actions for the grounds. Furthermore, she had secured the support of the manager of landscaping services for her project. As for concern about the conduit system...