Word: allston
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...information services across the University. * Rudenstine seemed rested, renewed and optimistic after a month long working-vacation in Europe this summer. Though not out of mind, many of last year's controversies-like those over Associate Professor of Government Bonnie Honig, Harvard Institute for International Development and Harvard's Allston land purchase-seemed out of sight. * And Rudenstine should have more time to devote to his agenda, since the staff of senior administrators Rudenstine relies on to run a complex and far-flung University seems stable for the first time in his presidency. Gone are the year-long quests...
...information services across the University. * Rudenstine seemed rested, renewed and optimistic after a month long working-vacation in Europe this summer. Though not out of mind, many of last year's controversies-like those over Associate Professor of Government Bonnie Honig, Harvard Institute for International Development and Harvard's Allston land purchase-seemed out of sight. * And Rudenstine should have more time to devote to his agenda, since the staff of senior administrators Rudenstine relies on to run a complex and far-flung University seems stable for the first time in his presidency. Gone are the year-long quests...
...June announcement that the University had secretly purchased 52.6 acres of land for $88 million in the Allston section of Boston over the last nine years brought controversy and outcry from Boston officials enraged by what The Boston Globe called Harvard's "stealthy land grab." Though the total secrecy-over such a long period of time-with which Harvard brokered its real estate deals reminds us disturbingly of a covert military operation, it is understandable that the University would need to hide its identity from sellers eager to cash in on the school's endowment...
...would not make any promises that Harvard will change the way it conducts real estate purchases in the future. Nor should he. But becoming part of a community demands responsibility and sensitivity. Harvard can and should be a good neighbor and make a positive contribution to the community of Allston...
...think so many people were so cynical about the thing that perhaps they didn't take too seriously what [Harvard officials] were saying, " said John T. Trumpbour, an Allston resident who did graduate work at Harvard. "These people were doing public relations, and the real powerful people-like Rudenstine-weren't even there. "CrimsonMatthew. P. MillerUNPOPULAR PURCHASES: Harvard's secret purchase of land in Allsont, including this shopping center, angered many...