Word: upperclassmen
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...Yale system would provide a network for first-years to meet upperclassmen—granting them academic and social advisers in the way that many other schools have RAs. As it stands, social interaction between first-years and upperclassmen is limited to extracurricular activities and sports teams. But a junior with whose House you are affiliated can tell you which classes to avoid and can invite you to their party this coming Saturday...
Without substantial contact with upperclassmen, first-years resort to marching around in packs on weekends scouring the campus for parties. Instead of blindly following one another around the river—“I heard there’s a party in Leverett”—students affiliated with Houses that interacted with upperclassmen would know where to find the parties and, potentially, who was throwing them...
...that they they live in and around the Yard—in the winter months they seem to be penned in—and they have the opportunity to eat in Annenberg. These experiences work to foster connections between students and would not be diminished by granting House affiliations. Upperclassmen who lose touch with their first-year acquaintances generally do not blame their House communities for pulling them away from their friends—“Damn Dunster House!” Instead, they blame the true culprits—distance and time constraints...
...walk to Annenberg the day that Houses are assigned is one of the most beautiful sights I’ve seen at Harvard—upperclassmen screaming, cheering and distributing t-shirts to their newest House-mates. In a switch to the Yale system, the elements that make this day so moving—powerful student enthusiasm, strong community building and ferocious House pride—would be present over the entire year...
...feel with a little extra time and the continued support of the upperclassmen, ’06 will blossom into a more evolved class,” wrote Jibowu, who is president of the Freshman Black Table...