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Adams House Master Sean Palfrey said he saw little reason to stray from the present House system, even though first-years might benefit from increased contact with upperclass students...
...bringing the freshmen into the Houses and integrating them into all aspects of House life,” she said. “Needless to say, however, resources on all fronts are limited, and we would need to have careful discussion of how to continue to serve our upperclass population well...
Faculty and students involved with the curricular review say that a shift to a housing system similar to that of Yale, where first-years are assigned to their permanent upperclass dorm before entering in the fall, is on the table...
...they receive their first-year housing assignments. Most first-years live on Old Campus, Yale’s equivalent to Harvard Yard, in a dorm specific to their residential college but adjacent to the other first-year dormitories. First-years are allowed full access to the resources of their upperclass housing, including dining and advising...
Furthermore, it is mildly offensive for the administration to imply that upperclass students are a danger to first-years. All first-years have 24-hour access to other first-year dorms. Yet as sophomores, students have no access to first-year dorms at any level. Does the FDO really believe that students become dangers to society in the negligible few months between their first and second years...