Johnson echoed this frustration.
“I guess I’m disappointed that it seems like there’s not all that much likelihood that it could be done any time soon,” Johnson said. “But it was an issue that hadn’t made any progress in a long time.”
Despite their lack of results so far, the working group is not giving up.
Simon said she is still investigating the possibility of getting HBO in the common rooms as well as seeing if more common rooms within each House can be outfitted with cable.
The group is also looking into the option of putting DVDs on the University computer network or offering cable through it, according to Simon.
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—Staff writer Anne K. Kofol can be reached at kofol@fas.harvard.edu.