Word: properly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mather's dining hall is remarkable for the way in which it defrosts the cold impersonality of Mather the Gallery. Walking into the dining hall proper is like walking into a ski lodge, the warm room beckoning after a day out on the slopes. Sunlight-like light radiates from sunburst-shaped light fixtures. The vastness of empty walls is interrupted by stretches of brick (a comfy building material) and pictures of random groups of house residents (found on walls throughout Mather). These contribute to the friendly atmosphere of the house while covering its empty canvas...
...wall, dressed in black robes and wearing the face of former Harvard President Charles Eliot--Eliot was the creator of the QRR, after all). The checker's table becomes Cerberus, sternly overseeing the passage of souls (read: diners) from savory-baked life to oak-paneled afterlife. The dining hall proper is like a vast tomb where emptiness oppresses from all sides. The endless rows of uninviting conference tables (sprinkled with too-few friendly round tables) are poorly arranged in the room, crowding diners into the center of the dining hall while leaving them surrounded by several square feet of unused...
...There are more deep-seated arguments against masturbation, often stemming from religious or conservative beliefs. One Mormon Web site nowscape.com/mormon/mormast--offered tips on how to stop the sinful activity which "in no way expresses the proper procreative power." It is easy to see why many women, still able to catch a sour whiff of historically male-centric garbage about whom she should please and why, might, even today, feel a bit guilty about actively pleasing themselves. One Dunster House junior commented that she "went to a Catholic school [where] a priest came in to give lectures about masturbation--and what...
With many parents working, it is hard for them to monitor their children. Unless they forbid their kids to go out with friends, parents must rely on trust. "I feel that if [my son] hasn't learned the proper values by 16, then we haven't done our job," says a mother. Sometimes it is easier to simply avoid a confrontation. "Usually my parents ask me where I'm going, and I say, 'Out,'" says a senior. "If they keep badgering me, I say I'm going out to get drunk. They think it's very funny...
Gates leading to the Houses and to the Yard will be monitored, and students will only be allowed to enter with a proper ID, according to an announcement from the dean's office...