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...Alice M. Ging ’11 hears music blasting from her neighbors’ room until 2 a.m. every night, but says, “It’s not a big deal, just a bit annoying.” Even more annoying for Ging is hearing the firedoor alarm go off whenever a belligerent party-hopper gets lazy and forgets to read...
...safety of students. “Two intrusions and three laptops stolen in one week is really alarming,” Chapman said. Gehrke described new security features added to Quincy House over the summer, such as the new ID cards and card readers, as well as new firedoor alarms. “Our staff will be meeting to review security in the House,” Gehrke said. —Staff writer Alexander R. Konrad can be reached at akonrad@fas.harvard.edu...
...junior varsity fencing team, suspects that her freshman dormmates were assigned to Canaday according to their first names. She says, “On my floor we had two Lisas, a Louisa and a Melissa. Downstairs we had John, John, Jim, and Joe, all Jewish. Across the firedoor were Andy, Andy, Steve, and Steve. There were rooms like this all over Canaday.” When she was an upperclassman, Scott met her future life partner and literary collaborator, Lisa A. Barnett, who attended the University of Massachusetts in Boston. The pair has co-written three fantasy-mystery novels?...
Nothing breeds curiosity, ill-will, fantasy or 5 a.m. fire alarms quite like the firedoor. That forbidden "In case of fire, strike; tampering forbidden; penalty" bizarrely located and not-at-all-soundproof piece of wood and metal is all that stands between your Harvard habitat and the great beyond. There it stands, inviting the inquiring mind. Perhaps your true love, worst enemy, or a room set-up that looks like a palace lies beyond the door. And can the people over there hear you talking about private issues...
...realization hits that those little creatures on the other side must be shoved back into their cages, frenzied efforts to re-seal the door are put into play. "We attempted to close the door, but that just didn't work," one Cabot sophomore said about his struggles with his firedoor neighbors while living in Canaday last year. "We tried putting furniture in front of it, we tried rope, then we finally tried super glue. Even after that, the door would be opened some times...