Word: quaded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Quad: For a first-year, no words could be more dreadful...
...pick with randomization is the "blandification" of the houses. Pforzheimer House, for example, where many black, Latino and Asian-American students chose to live in before randomization, could now just as well be the pre-randomization Leverett House, which had very little character due to its reputation as a "Quad buster...
...social atmosphere, its arts scene or the strength of its intramural teams. But I do know it's situated "way the hell down there." Whatever house preferences we do have are based solely on physical aspects. And so, for first-years, there are really only two Houses: "River" and "Quad...
...desire to be a contributing member of that particular community. Randomization takes that desire away. Not having to take the shuttle is not a good enough reason for wanting to live in a River House. Nor is having big rooms a legitimate reason for wanting to be in the Quad. Instead, we need to seek a better alternative--one that restores each House's unique character so that first-years will actually want to be part of their Houses, not just residents of them...
...long last, out of the Quad. Take that, randomization...