Dumb Quincy

QUINCY House's newly implemented interhouse restrictions set an awful precedent.

The new rules all but abolish interhouse dining at Quincy, period. No non-resident is permitted to enter the Quincy dining hall between noon and 12:30 p.m. or 1 and 1:30 p.m.--which means many Quadlings, who take classes in the Yard just like River house residents, may have only a half an hour to wolf down a meal between classes.

Quincy's restrictions on evening dining are even worse. From 5 to 6 p.m., each Quincy resident may have no more than one nonQuincy guest. After 6 p.m., interhouse is prohibited altogether. These rules make life miserable for just about everybody: Quad residents who happen to be near the River, residents of other River houses who will see their own dining halls overburdened, and any Quincy resident with more than one friend in another house.

It seems ridiculous, but Quincy's dumb rules may actually set off some type of dining hall war. Residents of other River houses may feel a bit put upon when waiting in even longer lines of Cabot, Currier and North residents. Up in the Quad, students quite rightly feel a bit insulted. House committee chairmen--and this should give pause--have threatened to do something. David R. Golob '89, the Cabot house committee chairman, bravely hinted that the Quad might cut down on interhouse dining during reading period, when many students from the River escape to the solitude of Hilles Library.

This whole thing is almost too silly for words. It's certainly too silly to go on. Why doesn't Quincy just get rid of the needless restrictions and cool Golob's fire?