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...many the freshmen who eagerly awaited Housing Day, I was slightly overwhelmed by the impassioned spirit that each House displayed. Upon seeing the Mather gorilla ascend the stage without hesitation during my Ec 10 lecture, I began to question the extent to which House spirit influences the student body, and what purpose it could really serve. Rallying House spirit is a fine way to build general excitement for Housing Day. However, pre-Housing Day rabidity hurts the possibility of a freshman being happy with their Housing assignment. Therefore, instead of expending energy on the days leading up to Housing...
...best way to galvanize future House residents is to express House pride during and after Housing Day—not before. As a way of promoting Housing Day itself, active House spirit works well. Yet as a plug for the individual Houses, it unnecessarily builds freshmen hopes about a situation they cannot control. Since many are randomly slotted into Eliot or Cabot, which lie at opposite ends of FlyByBlog’s rankings as well as opposite ends of campus, ranking Houses based on their projected personalities can set up unfair expectations and, worse, can ultimately disappoint...
Granted, House spirit mongering is largely harmless, serving largely to add to existing reputations. For example, before I stepped inside Adams House for the first time, enough upperclassmen had either raved or warned me about its supposed “artsiness” that I thought I had an idea of what to expect from the residents. Students’ perceptions of each House are fairly set based on what they hear from sophomore, juniors, and seniors; existing promotional videos or performances only add to a House’s standing as “crazy...
...underscored by countless administrators in their attempt to reassure nervous freshmen, the housing lottery is indeed random. House spirit may make students want some Houses over others, setting up expectations while knowing full well that they may not be fulfilled. Nothing can be done about the assignments, however hard we may pray to the river gods. Call me a river atheist; I got Pfoho. But who’s complaining...
During yesterday’s meeting, the UC also approved plans to distribute free t-shirts in the dining halls on Thursday night to drum up spirit for the April 3 lacrosse game against Duke and passed the first of two election reform acts...