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...surprised when most of the guards accepted a buy-out and retired. Harvard guards remain in the Yard, but in the Houses, outsourced guards stand in their stead, with the few exceptions of Harvard guards who switched to SSI, the private company providing outsourced security. The question now is whether the outsourced guards will prove an adequate replacement...
...also raises concerns among students who wonder if the SSI guards are making a living wage. While SSI, as a private company, does not have to release its hourly wage to the public, by most accounts it is below the Harvard guard wage, and it is unclear whether or not its guards receive benefits...
Admittedly, it would be unfair to place all the blame on Adams. This past summer, Eliot and Kirkland House both revamped their kitchens. But only Eliot or Kirkland residents, and their one privileged friend per meal, are permitted to enjoy this luxury. Pforzheimer recently held a vote on whether to impose a symbolic retaliation against Adams House. (Yesterday, Adams responded by issuing its own declaration of hostilities against Pforzheimer.) We are in the midst of a war, where our only refuge--or guaranteed meal, for that matter--lies in our home base or the gracious pardon of a member...
Purdy is correct in attributing a certain earnest motivation to those who are involved with grassroots organizations like the living wage campaign. But, in some sense, this is to be expected. In general, students who devote their time to student groups at Harvard do so earnestly and honestly. Whether I decide to direct a play, write for a publication or celebrate my cultural heritage, it is because I gain some intrinsic pleasure from the activity itself. I have, to use Purdy's words, identified with a project, relationship or aspiration. My extracurricular choice--whatever it might be--would rarely elicit...
...those on the outside--the ironists--there is a nagging skepticism of whether the idea of a House can work at all. In the face of randomization, and most recently, the reduction of blocking group sizes, Houses have become superficial mixing grounds before trotting off to a club meeting...