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...addition, one three-story structure and another five-story building would be constructed on the lot and a glass “art commons?? would be placed in the center of the newly-created quadrangle...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lesley Argues With City Over Church | 4/3/2009 | See Source »

...updated master plan also includes more open space in the form of an “academic commons?? that will feature a large lawn facing Western Avenue. The commons will be surrounded by a mix of academic buildings that will be devoted to Harvard’s schools in business, engineering, and education...

Author: By Nan Ni and Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Harvard Shows Revised Allston Plan to Residents | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...someone who takes painstaking steps to convey her well-read background and advocates greater intellectual discourse within the nation, Jacoby is woefully ignorant about political science. She omits arguments that seem intrinsic to her claims, most notably Tocqueville’s “tragedy of the commons?? and Burke’s trustee-versus-delegate debate.The final few chapters are actually quite engaging, but can only partially redeem the time spent trudging through the first three-quarters of the book. Only here does Jacoby’s thesis—that American intellectual habits have changed?...

Author: By Erin F. Riley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jacoby's Unreasonable in 'American Unreason' | 2/15/2008 | See Source »

...traditional large events—the next example being Yardfest in April—that have marked previous semesters. He cited the December Lion King sing-along co-sponsored by the CEB as one such smaller-scale event. Goldenberg named the Queen’s Head Pub at Loker Commons??slated to open late in the spring semester—and the fledgling Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH) as potential hosts for the smaller programming he envisions. But Goldenberg said these plans were not concrete because the pub’s management structure has not yet been...

Author: By Nicholas A. Ciani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goldenberg Elected New CEB Chairman | 1/12/2007 | See Source »

Similarly, a group of roommates might invoke the “Tragedy of the Commons?? to describe why their common room is so cluttered. And if any in the suite have taken Ec 10, there might even be an “enclosure” proposal to create an incentive for tidying up the room by dividing it among them into separate personal spaces...

Author: By Charles R. Drummond iv | Title: Talking Like an Economist | 1/6/2007 | See Source »

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