Freshmen Short on Enthusiasm Housing Day Morn?

The Class of 2012 is obviously much less emotionally involved than the rest of us are. Either that, or housing has somehow become less of a Big Deal.

Flyby went out delivering letters Housing Day morning as part of the Quincy house delegation in order to witness freshman sorrow and joy--that sweet trial and tribulation--firsthand. But with the exception of an unconfirmed rumor that one new Currierite vomited after receiving their housing news, the morning progressed rather un-dramatically. More after the jump.

Quincy letters are generally expected to generate loud cheering and extreme happiness. This is standard. But most of this year's recipients--with the exception of a couple of Greenough groups--remained strangely apathetic, with one girl even shooing the earnest upperclassmen away from her door. The Quincyites made several attempts to infiltrate frosh rooms in order to elevate the excitement, but to no avail: most newbies stood around rather awkwardly, accepting their fate happily but not emoting much more.

Flyby talked to couriers from Dunster, Winthrop, Cabot, Currier, and Pfoho--all unpopular assignments both by reputation and Flyby rating--and no one reported any strange or dramatic negative reactions by freshmen: no tears, no arguing, no collapses in despair. At least not that anyone saw.

One Cabot resident noted that some freshmen reacted to their assignment with silence...followed by door shutting. Not unsurprising, considering their newfound Quad status. But one would have expected to see at least a few blocking groups crying. Even new Dunsterites were said to have reacted positively to the Moose-spearheaded contingency.

Currier residents tried to spice up their delivery by donning bathing suits for their tour of the Yard. The method seems to have worked. Says Currier resident Marsha Sukach '11,