Word: dumbarton
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...wasn't so much the persistent protest, though that may have played a role. A rotten tree--and its removal--have persuaded Harvard University to rework its plans to build a new library on its Dumbarton Oaks campus in Washington...
...huge improvement. This has put an end to our protest," said Donald Partlan, a leader of a group calling itself Concerned Citizens for Dumbarton Oaks...
According to the website, "The name combines a reference to the original great oaks on the site, several of which are still standing, with the eighteenth-century name 'Dumbarton,' taken from the Rock of Dumbarton in Scotland." Harvard has owned the property since 1940. Scholars use Dumbarton Oaks resources for Byzantine studies, landscape architecture studies and Pre-Columbian studies. The public has access to some of the resources, including the gardens. And the gardens are famous. Created by landscape gardener Beatrix Jones Farrand, they are probably among the most beautiful in the world...
Over $35,000 a year, and I couldn't get into the garden with my Harvard ID. What is a Harvard ID worth? It's not like it would cost the University a tremendous amount to allow Harvard College or even Harvard University ID holders into Dumbarton Oaks for free. Harvard students in D.C. are unlikely to put a serious dent in Dumbarton Oaks' coffers. I don't need to spend money to get onto property that my university owns. So I waited outside the gates until they were done. When they came out, they said...
...went home and took the Web tour. Not quite the same thing, somehow. But considering the fat check my family writes this school every year, I should have gotten into Dumbarton Oaks for free. Who is Harvard catering to, if not its students...