Word: commons
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...real community effort, it was a real common effort—and that was extremely exciting and gratifying,” she said...
...Yard buildings, the Houses, and the Student Organization Center at Hilles—each face their own limitations. The availability of classrooms in the Yard is restricted by the Harvard Extension School’s evening classes, and the River Houses each have different rules surrounding use of their common rooms, spaces which must be reserved using different systems...
Student group leaders have offered various potential solutions, including a proposal to standardize access to River House common rooms. The suggestion that emerges as the most common, though, is the establishment of a student center...
...with eloquence and charisma, and who even carried a Harvard degree. Cambridge hosted heated debates, partisan speakers, and plenty of student volunteers distributing leaflets and voter registration information. Issues ranging from the candidates’ stances on national security to levels of political experience were discussed in classrooms and common rooms across campus...
...common target of criticism regarding the budget is Harvard’s financial management. Harvard’s risky investment strategies earned public criticism for their role in the diminishing of the endowment, which has severely affected the Harvard community. However, these strategies were responsible for Harvard’s enormously high returns in previous years, and we believe that Harvard’s investment practices are ultimately correct in intention. Some have also criticized donations to Harvard, arguing that there are more effective ways to spend money charitably. However, Harvard serves an important role in improving the world...