That's how Lowell got a new student-kitchen over the summer. When she came to Lowell, Eck says the kitchen was in disrepair--"It was sort of a makeshift thing that you might make in your basement when you're a kid."
Students agreed that the kitchen was a mess. House committee members approached her about making the changes.
"It was a very easy process," says Matthew F. Delmont '00, co-chair of the Lowell House committee. "The Masters were very willing to discuss that."
The superintendent's office granted Lowell $25,000 to knock down a wall between two adjoining rooms, build a brand-new kitchen and stock it with pots, pans and cooking supplies.
Delmont credits the House committee's targeted proposal and the assistance of Eck and Co-Master Dorothy A. Austin.
Do most students know that it's that easy to make changes in the House?
"[Students] know that the House committee had a large role to play," Delmont says. "But it is difficult to understand that these things don't just miraculously happen."
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