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...sometime after 1 a.m. and, in a closed-off basement bar in the Malmaison Hotel in Glasgow, Radiohead is unwinding. Guitarist Ed O'Brien, 32, has turned in early, but drummer Phil Selway, 33, is at the bar, talking proudly about his baby boy. Bassist Colin Greenwood, 31, sits in a nearby booth, discussing British novelists Martin Amis and Niall Griffiths (Greenwood holds a degree in English from Cambridge; Selway, Yorke and O'Brien are also college graduates); a few steps away, his younger brother Jonny, 28, orders another drink from the bar and asks why his older brother...
...student center is not the only way to provide needed office space. Many upperclass houses have underutilized basement space which could be renovated as several Yard dormitories have been. The publication center proposed several years ago is another very feasible solution. It would be an area with computers and storage space which could be used by various campus publications in turn, since most have different publication cycles...
...there any reason why offices need to be in a student center, since organizations working away behind closed doors are not particularly related to a student center's mission of creating a common space for all students. Although Thayer basement is crowded with offices of diverse organizations, it's far from a common ground for undergraduates, and there is little reason to think that office space in a student center would be any different. Since office space does not contribute much to the social experience, it is would be wiser to separate this issue from impractical hopes for a student...
...student center would boast--fast food, meeting space, a central location, e-mail terminals, games--but the idea of hanging out at Loker is a snide joke or sarcastic put-down. The proposals for a student center would only create another version of Loker Commons, perhaps without the glum basement feel and uncomfortable metal furniture, but equally unused...
...serves. Loker shows that we Harvard students do not want to go off to a special room or building to relax. Only during lunch does Loker have the feel of a bustling campus center where you chat with friends and classmates; the Fly-By system integrates the Memorial Hall basement into the habits and daily cycles of enough students to make it worth a visit. Without such an integration, no matter how many pool tables, cable televisions or plush couches a student center might have, it will remain outside the daily habits of Harvard students...