When one group of new Eliot House residents received the much-awaited news, screams of "Eliot...Eliot" echoed through Thayer's hallways.
"I guess you could call it hysteria," said Brian J. Cruise '03, who said he felt relief at not being Quadded.
Several Eliot residents charmed Cruise's blockmates with tuxedos and sparkling cider.
"It was very classy," said Heather M. Langdon '03.
Langdon said she was particularly excited about Eliot because she is dating a sophomore in the House.
The good news almost left Langdon speechless, she said.
Smith, who blocked with his girlfriend, said that being together is more important than living in a River House.
"The biggest fear was that one would be in Mather and one in the Quad," he said.
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