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...particularly encourage upperclass students, who traditionally have the lowest turnout, to vote. They have lived under the council longer and can bring to their votes more experience in judging which programs are most likely to work. In the furor of the campaign itself, it is easy to forget that if this year is like last, the votes being fought for represent less than one-quarter of the student body. Spending the five minutes necessary to register their opinions will force students to make a personal investment in the outcome of the election. That is the first and most fundamental step...
Haynes agrees that more money should be given to student groups. But she says she objects to awarding money only to upperclass houses...
...Only upperclass students received the survey, according to Associate Professor Louise M. Richardson, who is also head tutor of the department...
Most of the play is a treat to watch. The capable acting is complemented by an imaginative set, which suggests the salons and bedrooms of upperclass chateaux. The period costumes are similarly impressive, and fashion reveals much about the social situation of the characters in the play. At one point, La Marquise de Mertueil remarks that La Presidente de Tourvel is a frump, with her "bodice up to her ears in case you might catch a glimpse of a square inch of flesh." The tense music and occasional operatic singing that bridges the scenes is also a nice touch...
...Harvard's upperclass houses took on at least some water last week, as did some first-year dorms. Winthrop House, perhaps the worst hit, suffered an entirely waterlogged dining hall and a soggy mailroom. Other examples of flooding include the basement of Eliot House and the entire Dewolfe street side of New Quincy, where, according to acting Superintendent Jay Coveney, the wind-driven rain simply penetrated the wall of the building...