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Publicity was lacking. UC President Matthew J. Glazer ’06 and Vice-President Clay T. Capp ’06 diligently went door-to-door in the Yard, encouraging ambitious freshmen to learn more about the council. Upperclassmen Houses, however, seemed to lack this type of active promotion. There were too few e-mails and precious little visible publicity. A real person, an enthusiastic advocate of the UC, can evoke what dry words on a barren Secure CRT shell cannot. If more upperclassmen had been personally encouraged to run for the UC, or at least urged...
...upperclassmen, Katie has really stepped up this year as a leader,” co-captain Elizabeth Blotky said. “She’s really showing the younger players how to work hard...
Blocking groups are also problematic because of their inherent exclusivity. Beyond keeping upperclassmen from getting the most out of their House communities, they can be extremely dangerous to their own members over time, as they ostracize individual members, split in two, or disintegrate all together. How can any upperclassman expect to find his or her place in a House once the group on whom he or she has relied for companionship and friendship disappears? Considering how potentially devastating the insularity of blocking groups can be, it really is a marvel that this veritable make-work project for Harvards thinly stretched...
...Harvard look like under a Yale-style housing system? Freshmen would receive their House affiliations along with their rooming assignments over the summer. Upon their arrival at Harvard, they would be welcomed into their Houses, in whose activities they would participate throughout the year. Instead of waiting to meet upperclassmen through extracurricular activities and classes, freshmen would find communities of their elders in which they would immediately be eligible to participate...
...Crimson’s opponents would also do well to adopt a similar mentality, for Harvard’s ability is not to be underestimated. While the Crimson only has one senior on the roster, all the upperclassmen have faced the heat of a championship race and learned how to come...