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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fifty-one students call these buildings home. They are the Jordan Co-ops, Harvard's alternative to House living, which allow students to cook their own meals and perform household chores for a reduced board...

Author: By Mary F. Cliff, | Title: Hanging Out Up There | 2/9/1984 | See Source »

...bear Jordan's legacy in the letters identifying each of the three buildings: "W." "K." and "J." their founder's initials. But life in the co-ops and the type of people attracted to co-op living have changed since the presidency of Jordan, who believed that learning to cook and manage a household was valuable preparation for Radcliffe women...

Author: By Mary F. Cliff, | Title: Hanging Out Up There | 2/9/1984 | See Source »

Although the library recently doubled its shelf space for rare books, the collection is the smallest at Harvard. Other gems include the travel logs of explorers like Captain James Cook and 19th century plans of archaeological excavation sites...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Treasure in the Stacks | 2/2/1984 | See Source »

...moral commandos who have been disrupting fox and stag hunts since 1963. (Their campaign has been categorized by one neo-Wildean observer as "the implacable in search of the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible.") In the latest issue of the association's magazine, H.S.A. Committee Member Ralph Cook described Britain's 3,380,000 recreational fishermen as villains who lure "unsuspecting sentient creatures onto sharp-barbed hooks." The magazine called on the H.S.A.'s 3,500 members to frustrate anglers by peppering the water with pebbles, posting fake health notices at fishing spots and scaring potential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Hot Water | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

...National Angler's Council, which claims 750,000 members, would like Cook and his friends to fish in other waters. Says N. A.C. Executive Director Peter Tombleson: "We would not condone any violence. But we can't stand by the elbow of every angler to control him." Tombleson's alarm was echoed by Don Thompson, director of the Salmon and Trout Association, who says of his fellow fishermen, "These are not old codgers in pink coats riding on horses. These are young, active, fit people and they're not going to stand for being pushed around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Hot Water | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

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