"People come here all year because Harvard is a prestigious learning institution," Thorne said. "But it can definitely take away from the College experience."
Ethan E. Thurow '99 also experienced the 'Guest Pest.'
"We live on the first floor of Holworthy, so tourists are looking into our window all the time, which is annoying," Thurow said.
One day, Thurow said, he and his dormmates were returning from dinner when they saw flashes in the next suite.
Thinking that a party was going on, Thurow and his roommates walked in to the neighboring suite to find about 20 young tourists armed with cameras and snapping away.
"We heard them talking really fast and thought, 'God, what language is this!' Then somebody asked if we knew Spanish, and I said sure," he said. "All 20 people turned around and started asking all these questions. I talked to them for 20 minutes and encouraged them all to apply."
So what does John Harvard have to say about all these tourists visiting the Disney World of academia?
Sitting on his pedestal, his silence meaning more than any words could, he refuses to say cheese despite the cajoling of the tourists