Tag: A look inside

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    Inside the Dudley House Co-op

    The Dudley Co-op is Harvard’s sole on-campus alternative to the traditional House system. Thirty-two undergraduates live in a pair of Victorian houses nestled in a residential neighborhood just outside Harvard Square.

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    Woodworkers

    Artist Alan Hark runs the Mather House wood-turning studio, where students work and hone their skills with wood.

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    In the swing of things

    During the renovation of Old Quincy House, three swing spaces in Harvard Square have become residential extensions of the Quincy community: Ridgley Hall, Hampden Hall, and Fairfax Hall.

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    A look inside: Eliot House

    At Eliot House, the river House named for Harvard’s longest-serving president, crew is king.

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    A look inside: Cabot House

    In Cabot House, a new café quickly becomes a familiar gathering place.

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    A look inside: Lowell House

    Lowell House is full of history, and at a recent High Table dinner, former residents of the House mingled with current residents for a night of eat, drink, and entertainment.

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    A look inside: Eliot House

    Named in honor of Charles William Eliot, president of Harvard from 1869 to 1909, Eliot House was opened in 1931. It was one of the original seven Houses at the College following the plan by Eliot’s successor, Abbot Lawrence Lowell, to “revitalize education and revive egalitarianism at Harvard College.”

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    A look inside: Dudley House Co-op

    Before the Dudley Co-operative Society was founded in 1958 as alternative housing for Harvard undergraduates, it was a bed and breakfast where Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge are reported to have slept.

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    A look inside: Dunster House

    Like other Harvard Houses, Dunster has its traditions, the major ones being the Dunster House Opera, the “Messiah” sing-a-long, and a goat roast in the spring.

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    A look inside: Currier House

    Unlike the other undergraduate residences at Harvard, Currier House on the Radcliffe Quadrangle is named solely for a woman.

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    A look inside: Kirkland House

    Holiday festivities are in high gear at Kirkland House.

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    A look inside: Currier House

    Security guard Yohannes Tewolde does his job with flair at Currier House.

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    A look inside: Adams House

    Drag Night in Adams House lets its residents really strut their stuff.

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    A look inside: Winthrop House

    This year, Winthrop House hopes to again claim victory by winning the Straus Cup, Harvard’s House intramural sports championship.

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    A look inside: Currier House

    Mara Cavallaro lives in Currier House in the Radcliffe Quad with her parents, Nadejda Marques, a research coordinator at the Harvard School of Public Health, and James Cavallaro, a clinical professor of law. Her parents are the interim Currier House masters.

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    A look inside: Adams House

    Bow and Arrow Press of Adams House hosts a weekly “Party in the Press,” where residents take part in the historic process of printing.

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