Word: spaciousness
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Harvard has a come long way from the days when wealthy students bid for Harvard's more spacious rooms. But students' high-school preparation, family expectations, socioeconomic background and financial need still differ widely...
...hundred years ago, Harvard's wealthiest students bid for spacious rooms in Harvard Yard. Poorer students scrounged for rooms off campus. Today, more than 95 percent of students live in on-campus housing, with housing assignments made at random. Room and board fees are uniform...
Certainly, Harvard has come a long way since W.E.B. DuBois, unable to afford a spacious room in Harvard Yard, was forced to rent a home from an African American woman on Flagg Street, near where Mather House stands today...
...race," suggesting that the proposal is objectionable to those who want to keep poor minorities concentrated in the inner cities. Such a notion is hardly news to Maxine Evans, 27, who last year used a hud voucher to move out of public housing in Robbins, Illinois, to a more spacious private apartment in the racially mixed community of Blue Island. "Some people make it hard," she says. "They think folks that come from the projects don't take care of things. But I'm proud of my place...
...actually a beautiful place, for all you first-years who were placed there. Hilles Library and the QRAC are steps away from all the Quad houses; the facilities are excellent; and you can laugh at all your River friends who have walk-throughs while you luxuriate in spacious singles. Sure, it's far away, but it's nice to actually go home at the end of the day and feel like you're home; the neighborhood north of the Quad is gorgeous, with many old houses and tree-lined streets. Porter Square is 10 minutes away, with 24-hour Dunkin...