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...Calling the Quad Home...
...However, I must disagree with Arenson's numerous disparaging remarks about life in the Quad. I'll admit that some of my blockmates were none too pleased when we first heard the news that we were placed into Pforzheimer House. We were even more devastated when the ten of us were put in the Jordan Co-op, which I can say is probably the worst housing on campus...
...Arenson had ever lived in the Quad, he would know that he was wrong, and might not think those who liked living there were so "strange." Not only did we feel like we fully belonged to a great House community, but because we lived in Jordan, we made an even bigger effort to meet people and get involved in House life...
...lived around us. If you want a House community, go and be part of it. More importantly, don't put down the other Houses that have great spirit just because it's lacking in your own. It's not about whether you live at the River or in the Quad, but about where your friends are and the effort you make...
...such answer is the Sophomore Quad: all first-years in and around the Yard, all sophomores in and around the Quad. This would require some renovation/construction to fit everyone. This system would make housing over the lifetime of the Harvard student more equitable, at a rather great cost--it would cut down on interaction between sophomores, juniors and seniors. Another drawback is denying the rights of those who (however strangely) like to live in the Quad; but we do kick people out of the Yard after a year, so the were policy would fly with these folk...