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While some consider the Leverett towers--built in the early 1960's--a blight on the campus skyline, residents enjoy astonishing views of the Charles and the Boston skyline. And sophomores in the towers happily compare their large, light rooms in the towers to the small, cramped suites of Winthrop, Eliot and Kirkland Houses...
...tiling, new decor and a new servery await the Winthrop House dining hall next year as part of Dining Services' gradual makeover. But with 24-hour access and plenty of extra food, the dining hall is already the House's social center...
Beyond extra legroom and the good lighting, Winthrop dining hall offers an even better treat--free drinks...
Tiger Edwards '01 is a psychology concentrator in Winthrop House. Her column appears on alternate Wednesdays...
...where slavery was legal, and many in those states did not own slaves. A large proportion of the current American population is descended from immigrants who settled here generations after slavery was abolished. Should Britain pay the reparations for descendants of slaves freed before America gained its independence? As Winthrop Professor of History Stephen A. Thernstrom has said, blame for slavery (and responsibility to pay reparations) could even be extended to the African countries whose rulers once helped capture slaves and organize slave trading...