Word: quaded
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...proud Radcliffe resident, I’ll be the first to say it: Quad life is rough. Roll out of bed two minutes late for class? You’re already 20 minutes late, shuttle time. Want to schedule a meeting in your neighborhood? Just try to get friends to venture north and watch as their faces contort in disbelief. Have an hour between classes? Two hours? Three? You’ll be spending a good amount of time playing the “is it worth it?” game in your head and probably miss the shuttle...
According to George J.J. Hayward ’11, a Currier House resident and member of the Undergraduate Council, several security issues have recently been raised by Quad residents, including inconsistent cellphone reception that poses a potential safety hazard for students...
Such concerns have been voiced before. A former Cabot House resident, Allegra J.S. Lichauco ’08, pushed for Cingular Wireless to improve cell phone service in the fall of 2005. More recently, Hayward said he spearheaded a move to install a small cellphone tower in the quad, which would enhance the quality of reception for students with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon phones...
...Boes said that the issue of shoddy reception was brought to the fore at the beginning of this academic year, in light of last semester’s muggings in Cambridge Common—crimes that prompted the Harvard University Police Department to assign several additional officers to the Quad...
Currently, Quad residents have to walk to either Porter or Harvard Squares to withdraw money—which becomes a problem when students need fast cash at night, when regular shuttle service is not available...