Word: river
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...DeWolves at mealtimes) and comfortable digs make Leverett a fine, if inconspicuous, place to spend three years.LOWELL: Ah, Lowell. So pretty—that bell tower, those chandeliers! So shitty—the rooms, so poorly laid-out as to be almost laughable, are among the worst on the River. The themed Stein Clubs are an acquired taste, but House pride is strong and the students love their masters.MATHER: Mather is fugly, inside and out. But contained in the fugliness are comfortable rooms and great house spirit. You’ll likely come to like Mather House, though your friends...
Today, hundreds of new Quadlings will be crushed by their impending exile, while scores of future river residents face years of cramped confinement. But that’s not what Housing Day is about. It’s about the swag. Here’s how to get it all: 1) Go naked. Your winter pastiness should be enough to have people literally throwing shirts at you. 2) Hit up the blocking day Stein Club circuit. Extra perk: free beer. 3) Start your own non-profit claiming to bring Harvard House t-shirts to third-world countries. 4) Surreptitiously sneak...
...four varsity teams affected by the closure of the MAC, the men’s volleyball team is the only one whose regular season matches have had to be moved across the river to Lavietes Pavilion. Among the other teams, the fencing and wrestling teams’ regular season contests scheduled to take place in the MAC have already passed, while the women’s volleyball team does not play again until next fall. All of those teams will practice and play across the river until the MAC reopens...
...Quad as Other is not restricted to devaluation. River house residents also elevate the Quad into an unrealizable ideal, and mythologize it: “The Quad has such great community and such great housing. Can you believe some rooms in the Quad even have kitchens?” Moreover, a sense of mystery develops around this rumored Harvard haven: “I hear Pfoho‘s 90’s Dance is incredible… but where is the Quad again...
Through this idealization, however, the Quad remain as Other—it can never truly develop its own independent sense of individuality. Thus river houses can be known for their unique traditions and quirky characteristics, while the Quad can only be know for its “great rooms and great community...