Broken Locks Trap Straus Residents
Trapped in their room by a broken lock late Thursday afternoon, the four residents of Strauss C-32 escaped by a window.
The residents said their lock had been hard to turn and generally temperamental since the beginning of the year. "Locking and unlocking it has always been difficult." said Yared Belai '92. "I guess it finally just decided to to lock itself permanently; unfortunately we were all still inside."
With the door locked, the trapped students turned to their bathroom window. The Straus suite shares what was once a single bathroom with the neighboring rooms. The partition dividing it into two leaves half of a single window on each side.
"You can go through the room across the hall by sticking your head out the window and sliding your legs around the partition. My roommates left by that way but I stuck around in the room to wait for the locksmith to show up and repair the lock," said Balai.
Joel Gerwin '92, a resident of the connecting room, said, "Our lock hasn't been working either, and it's stuck in the lock position. I hope they checked our lock. We might get locked in like the guys next door."
Freshmen, Seniors Meet With Alumni
The Harvard Alumni Association last night held three combined freshmen and senior receptions for the first time, alumni attending the events said.
Alumni from accross the country joined students at three regional receptions. The alums said that this was the first year the Alumni Association decided to hold receptions for both freshmen and seniors.
The organizers of the event could not be reached for comment.
The seniors and freshmen present had different reasons for attending the receptions. Seniors said they hoped meeting alumni would help them find jobs for next year.
"I came because I'm thinking of going back to Miami next year. I'd like to meet alums who are in the field I'm interested in--law," said Arnold Zipper '89.
Freshmen present said that meeting alumni would be helpful to them in the long run. "Meeting alumni may help with getting a summer job or something," explained Kathleen Ho '92, from Springfield, Va.