Word: shea
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...randomly opened it up and came across an article entitled, "Canaday Must Be Destroyed," by Mike O'Shea '95. As a resident of Canaday and a hardcore fan of my dorm, I decided to skim through...
...found, after enjoying the article's profound insights, that my educated mind was not at all "insulted" by the architecture of Canaday--as O'Shea suggested it should be--but rather that it was insulted by O'Shea's lack of understanding and affection (he resided in Pennypacker Hall his first year at Harvard) for a dorm which many actually find quite wonderful and cheerful...
...like Weld or Matthews. And it is true, that at first glance, there is somewhat of a solemn and desolate look to Canaday. But I would hardly go so far as to say that my dorm is "an insult to the educated mind." Nor would I agree with O'Shea that it is "cheerless...
What Fine Arts Professor James Ackerman calls "a misfortune," others call a blessing, for Canaday has risen to first-years' expectations of what a college dorm should be. It has not disappointed us, it has not insulted our minds and it has not reminded us of failure, as O'Shea suggests it should. Rather, it has provided more than 10 percent of the first year class with large suites, perfect walls to hang posters on, wall-to-wall carpeting and the opportunity to have a single sometime during the year...
...E.P.A called its regional office to confirm that this was not a threatening issue," said Steven P. Shea, risk manager for Cambridge Hospital. "The test results are [expected to be] supporting information for our resolution...