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...Harvard students to unwind here in Cambridge will cure our social woes. Until a few weeks ago, I would have readily agreed. In mid-September, however, a weekend in the woods changed my mind completely.Last month, after a week spent finding my stored belongings in the attic of Winthrop House and schlepping them up three flights of stairs to my new room, I did the unthinkable. With courses to choose and tutorial reading to do, I packed an overnight bag with nary a textbook and left town for a friend’s place in northern New Hampshire.As 95 North...
Adam Goldenberg ’08 is a social studies concentrator in Winthrop House. His column appears on alternate Fridays...
Piotr C. Brzezinski ’07, a Crimson editor, is a Social Studies concentrator in Winthrop House...
Winthrop’s Victorian residence, dubbed the “White House” for obvious reasons, previously accommodated visiting faculty. Due to housing shortages caused by the renovation of the Hasty Pudding this year, Winthrop included the home in its housing lottery last spring. The house sits on the corner of Memorial Drive and Plympton Street; it has seven bedrooms, three bathrooms, a full kitchen, and a common room...
Although these lucky students will not be throwing any inaugural balls during their senior year, they want to make the house as open to other Winthrop residents as possible. “We are so thankful to Winthrop for giving us the opportunity to live here,” said Kavita M. Shukla ’06, another White House resident. “We would like to invite over Winthrop students to teas throughout the year...