Word: quads
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...HOUSING LOTTERY held every spring for freshmen is the closest Harvard comes to polling undergraduates on the popularity of the Houses. Each year the results are roughly the same--an overwhelming majority of the students would prefer to live anywhere along the river than any where at the Radcliffe Quad. And of the Quad Houses, many consider North House the least desirable. College officials consider this a problem and they hope to redirect opinion by revamping Borth House architecturally and by sending a higher total number of people to the Quad. The first expenditure is worthwhile, the second...
...true that low population does as much if not more than building structures to damage the morale of residents. But Quadding more students is not the answer, rather, juggling the allocation of students in three Quad Houses could take care of North Houses's size problem. Fewer students could be placed in South and Currier--a likely welcome relief from the notorious "ec double" system--and the surplus assigned to an expanded North. Then, the three Houses each would have more residents than Dunster, and about the same as Kirkland and Winthrop--Houses not known for lack of spirit...
...years ahead of most departments in the country," says Captain Jack Morse, acting director of Harvard Police, about the new computer system. The system has also been invaluable in helping the department with allocating resources. Morse says, For example, a recent realignment of night-patrol officers to give the Quad more coverage, but still maintain a concentration of officers at areas with a history of criminal activity, came about because of the computer...
House masters first recommended the North House addition last summer as part of an effort to improve life for undergraduates living in the Radcliffe Quadrangle Many students and officials believe there disparaties between the quality of life at the River and Quad because of severe crowding in the Quad...
South's only opportunity to score came in the fourth quarter when several Winthrop penalties marched the Quad Squad down the field...