Word: boylston
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...symposium, which was organized by RAZA, Harvard's Mexican-American/Chicano/Latino student organization, included lectures in Harvard Hall and Boylston Auditorium...
...wing assassins, is the recipient of the 22nd Annual Sacco-Vanzetti Memorial Award. The Rev. Nick Cardell, recently released from a six month sentence for protesting the school at Fort Bennings, Georgia, will be receiving the award on behalf of the school. 11 a.m., Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St., Copley Square...
Space allocation in the departments features lounge areas on each floor. The Linguistics Lounge contains a large curved wipeboard, perhaps so that TF's can continue to work during coffee breaks. "The new offices definitely make [Boylston] more communal," according to Mann. This openness comes at the expense of office space, however, which was significantly reduced for all of the departments. According to Ms. Randall, however, each of the departments had input into their own areas. "We met with each of the five departments, and they put together a design team including professors and grad students." The architects worked with...
...movie screen nearly unwatchable.Perhaps the architect momentarily forgot that hewas designing an academic building rather than adesign showcase. Also, the video projectors arepermanently fixed in each of the classrooms,prompting some TF's to complain that theeffectively reduced classroom size makes foreignlanguage instruction difficult. Though noteveryone has classes in Boylston, anyone who hastried to enter the building recently will findthat inconvenience starts with the front doors,which are deceptively difficult to open...
...dysfunctional classrooms and cramped officespace are less than ideal for the faculty andstudents who work in Boylston Hall. Aesthetically,however, the new design is bright and exciting,making the building a cheerful place to spendtime. Putting aesthetics before functionality ishardly a sound policy, even though an attractiveenvironment can mediate occasional inconveniences.But the new Boylston Hall is a great place tovisit. Try to spend a little time in TicknorLounge if you get the chance, its a great place torelax between classes. As for the rare individualwho preferred Boylston's previous, gloomierincarnation, well, de gustibus non disputandumest ("There is no accounting...