"It trivializes the importance of community...It places diversity as an end in itself," he says. "At the same time I can't complain about it, because I love where I live. I have to say that I'm glad that there's randomization."
And soon Harvard undergrads will know nothing else.
Harvard life is different than it was four years ago, and it's not just final clubs that have closed their doors.
Scoops and Beans, a below-street-level ice cream parlor, was a stop on many seniors' Freshman Week jaunts.
"I thought their mocha explosion was the greatest thing," says Nikhil Chandra '99-'00.
It's been replaced by Toscanini's, and soon, Finagle a Bagel.
And, believe it or not, until last year upperclass students had to journey all the way back to the Houses for a free lunch. Now Quadlings and Yardlings alike can grab a bagged lunch from Fly-By in Loker Commons.
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