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...Vino Veritas!” Verdict: Whatever. The Eliot Fete As Ben Folds said at Yardfest ’06, “Eliot House really sucks.” Each year, the United States Secret Service swoops in to protect Eliot House, its elitist residents and their personal swipe-gate from curious outsiders. No one knows the truth about what happens inside, but if any Eliot dude is looking for a date, feel free to let me know. Verdict: Guilty. The Dunster House Formal A few days after the Dunster Goat Roast (kegs, dunk tank, moon bounce, American gladiator...
...below the floor where the shooting occurred, said, "There were rumors going on about [the assailant] was fighting with his girlfriend or something of that nature." Bensley adds that only residents can get into the building with a specific "passport," that is a pass card that one has to swipe in order to open doors before 10 a.m. The question is, did someone let then let the gunman in? Or did he have a pass card? Did that mean he was a resident of the dorm? And if so, how did he keep so much ammunition go undiscovered? Two weapons...
...down with four, maybe five glasses of Gatorade and water—in one meal. When they pump iron in the weight room, strength coach Craig Fitzgerald gives his players a unique motivational mantra that influences their eating as well.“I’m gonna swipe in, load up my tray, and light my hair on fire,” says junior offensive lineman Tom Rodger, invoking the coach’s favorite inspirational phrase.As a result, these linemen are constantly conscious of their weight and eating habits. After commiting to join the team in their senior...
...needed cultural change ought to also transcend to a higher level: Authorities might need to suppress their gut instinct to calm and reassure their charges when it comes to crime, and exhortations to caution need to go beyond perfunctory email warnings after break-ins, tiny placards on swipe card readers, and other petty measures. New Harvard students spend hours learning how not to injure themselves drinking and how to prevent sexual assault; a more strongly-articulated reality check on what it means to stay safe in our community might be in order, as well, during Freshman Week and beyond...
...Harvard students do complain about not having a student union. Incessantly. And, in the past three years, we have successfully agitated for a 24-hour library, a student pub, universal swipe card access, later dining hours, college-wide performing artists, and fair trade bananas—gripes reminiscent of Dell and Mylavarapu’s criticisms of Oxford. As Gerson put it, “American universities are extraordinarily consumer driven, with the student being king. The consumer culture of American universities has not been transported to Britain. You’d think that scholars would welcome that...