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...have to be kidding me,” a student wrote in an e-mail to Throptalk, Winthrop House’s list. The Resource Efficiency Program, an offshoot of the Office for Sustainability, had announced it was removing all but one napkin dispenser from each table in the dining hall to reduce waste. In response, some students saw red: “If I need a napkin, I’m going to use one. Now, I’m going to have to have three people touch it with their dirty hands before it gets...
House List: Dictatorial. Throptalk is perhaps best known for its tyrannical moderators, who require all posters to introduce themselves with a “fun fact” or risk seeing their message bounced by particularly vehement subscribers. Some people (predominantly tutors) are entertained by this. Most residents simply want to borrow a copy of “10 Things I Hate About You” and move on with their lives...
...campus “traditions” like Debauchery and Thropstock (the house’s outdoor carnival), Winthrop residents don’t summon a lot of energy for the house on the whole. The exception to this apathy is IM sports. IM victories are frequently broadcast over Throptalk, complete with suggestions that Winthrop’s athletes channel superhuman vigor and inexplicable devotion to sports on a regular basis. Power to them. (You can find me in my common room, summoning superhuman heroism on a regular basis in order to kill a midsize colony of cockroaches that have...
...student in Winthrop House forwarded the e-mail to Throptalk shortly after Marine sent...
...before Real Taco’s opening, Thomas J. Clarke ’04 sent out an e-mail to Throptalk, the Winthrop House e-mail list, asking students to support the restaurant...