Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Blocking leads to shattered friendships, painful spring months spent living with the very same people who were deemed not cool enough and were "voted out" of group, and, in the fall, sophomores incapable of doing anything remotely social on campus without bringing along their 16 closest friends. And then, of course, there are the "floaters," students whose friendships split along awkward fault lines, forcing them to jump into the cracks and "float" into a new House without the comfort of familiar faces. As the innards strewn across the Yard indicate, the process is a blast...
Floating has a horrible reputation. People only choose to float when they are left with no other options, and the fact that they have no other options makes others come to the easy conclusion that floaters are pathetic social outcasts with no lives. Perhaps some of them are. But the truth is that floating requires incredible bravery, along with a deep sense of reality. In reality, we are all randomized, thrown together more or less arbitrarily. Floaters know that, and they make the best...
Just six weeks after its opening, Temple Bar has revolutionized social life in the Quad...
...Mass Ave., Currier, PfoHo and Cabot partyers tired of cramped dorm gatherings could pick from one of only two options for large-scale late-night revelry: the Currier 10-man or the shuttle. But on fateful February 1st, when Temple Bar anointed its first patrons, the shadows of social ostracism were lifted--and in its place a hush fell over the scenic quadrangle. And hush was followed by a mad rush. In a dramatic reenactment, students poured out of their beer can-littered rooms and sprinted towards the redemption of a new temple, tearing up their shuttle schedules--clouds...
...fact, these two social hubs seem to mirror stereotyped differences between students living on the river and the Quad. The Quad Houses are seen as more insular and more comfortable than River cousins. Likewise, while Grafton Street can get a bit impersonal, Lee says at Temple Bar, "the atmosphere is more conversational and friendly... with more people from the neighborhood." This mature congregation, molded into leather-boothed intimacy and cushioned by chenille pillow comfort, makes for a less frenzied, mellower mood...