Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard students do not take well to being parking-spot-less, or even worse, an exile across the Charles. And Whittingham hears no end of the complaints. Unaccepting of anything but the best, students bombard his office with complaints of their poor parking status. When banished to Allston, Whittingham hears the questions, "Where's Allston?, The Business School? That's ridiculous!" Or, better yet, "I have to go across the bridge? What bridge...
...Although the lottery system seems cut in stone, with a winning whine, you might just get a spot next door...
...ridiculous for freshmen to live in the Yard and park their cars all the way in the B-school" says Devon R. Quasha '02 who shares a Jeep Cherokee with her twin brother Grant. Last year, after trekking to Allston to pick up their car, they attained a spot in DeWolfe during the wintertime. This year, assuming that DeWolfe would be his SUV's home, Grant, who is a Crimson Editor, continued to park his car in DeWolfe. Still, he entered the lottery like everyone else...
...Although the lottery officials are supposed to inform car-owners of their assigned spots, the Quashas never heard a word until Grant woke up one Thursday morning to a woman proclaiming she was going to tow his car. He went to snatch it from her claws and saw that two big parking tickets had been slapped on his car. Grant drove over to the parking office and requested a spot in Peabody Terrace, his next choice. Without referring to lottery results, he was granted his demand. His car now resides happily near his Dunster home. His sister Devon maintains...
...neutral polity for drivers seeking parking asylum. It caters to people ready to fight for their cars and slide by the lottery process. Franklin J. Leonard '00, has kept a car at Peabody since last year and followed the advice of his roommate to obtain a prime spot--ignore the lottery. "Ask for Peabody Terrace," he says. "They'll give...