With Harvard's old heating systems and generally non-existent air-conditioning, it is of little surprise that during this transition from the uncomfortably warm Cambridge summer to the unbearably cold Cambridge winter some students would find the temperature of their rooms less than satisfactory. (Yeah, it snowed today.)

Today, you get a chance to check out the Eliot, Kirkland, and Winthrop House gyms in the second in our four part series. These "gyms," generally limited to House residents, range from dingy dungeons with a few exercise machines, to dingy dilapidated rooms with a television set and a few more exercise machines. But yeah, maybe they're not that bad. Some are definitely better than others. And if your gym sucks, there is always the MAC or the QRAC. Most gyms are card swipe access for their house only, but hey, you can always make friends and borrow a resident's ID.