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...survey, which was conducted online in mid-October, received its highest response rate from Quincy House, with 59.8 percent of student residents participating. And, while Quincy residents should certainly be applauded for their high voter turnout, there’s good reason to believe it wasn’t Quincy??€™s delectable victuals that inspired such survey enthusiasm. More likely, the House’s (long-awaited) dining hall redesign, whose chic interior mocks that of, say, Dunster or Mather, might have played a role in mobilizing optimistic voters. To be sure, according to the sizeable HUDS posters...
It’s Friday night, and my friends and I are drunkenly speedwalking toward a campus party. Rumor has it there’s a little shindig in Quincy??€”or is it the Mather lowrise? The Belltower perhaps?  Either way, we hope that we’ve pre-gamed a sufficient amount to fathom what awaits...
...rate of electricity of roughly five to 10 cents per kilowatt-hour. This simple calculation yields some huge insight—if the University were to supply all its electricity using renewable energy, it would have to either purchase TRCs or invest in a wind farm of its own. Quincy??€™s Wind Project combines both TRCs and wind energy, giving a nudge to the University in just the right direction...
Though perfectly timed to edge out the competition for the Green Cup—Harvard’s way of promoting environmentally conscious behavior around Earth Day and which includes a cash prize for the most conscientious House—Quincy??€™s switch to this seemingly odd source of energy is, nevertheless, a good way to encourage the use of renewable energy on campus. By purchasing Tradeable Renewable Certificates, Quincy can force power companies to deliver the House’s electricity from renewable resources. However, this futile action amounts to little more than throwing money at renewable...
...Quincy??€™s plan to use renewable energy resources—at least temporarily—comes in the same year that the Green Cup competition has changed its method for evaluating the Houses’ level of environmental consciousness...