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Nothing like a blowout to build team spirit...
Harvard is not proud of its current hotel, Harvard Motor House, located on Eliot Street, and wants to use the recently acquired Gulf station property to build a more attractive, 150-200 room, medium-priced hotel. There are precedents for universities owning hotels--they can be a good source of revenue and a convenient place for visiting parents to stay. If Harvard were simply trading one hotel for another, there would not be much concern...
...problem is that Harvard wants to use the Eliot St. property (where the Harvard Motor House is now located) to build a commercial office building. The project would be turned over to an outside developer and would not, at this point, house any University administrative or academic offices--it would be a purely profit-making venture for the school. It seems that it would not be as profitable for the University to build its hotel on that space; the Gulf station property on Mass. Ave. would not be as lucrative for offices, but a hotel would do well there...
...conflict comes when the University plans to build a non-Harvard office building solely for money-making purposes at the time when the Faculty is in desperate need of space. The administration seems to have placed profits above academic concerns; before it go ahead with any plans, Harvard would do well to reexamine its values...
...spends a week selecting possible matches for her clients, trying to find a pattern of likenesses, rather like assembling a multidimensional jigsaw puzzle. Much of the rest of her time is spent advising on anxieties of the heart: most members are very definite about a potential partner's height, build and age. Already members have gone through a fairly rigorous selection process: they must have incomes over $30,000 a year (unless they are students) and have a university degree (self-made people excepted). All are questioned about sexual diseases, particularly AIDS, although no tests are required. Some face automatic...