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...goal is to have significant places where people want to be, both inside and outdoors,” Gordon said, before addressing a question from religion professor Diana L. Eck, who asked about possibly setting aside space for an Islamic prayer center...
...hear it,” Thomas said, referring to the man who “taught that teaching intermediate Latin was as important as teaching a graduate seminar” and would often visit Latin classes at area schools. Current Lowell House Master and religion scholar Diana L. Eck recalled a bolder side of Stewart that led him to become a key supporter in the “daring move” towards adopting religion as an undergraduate concentration in 1974. This “radical spirit,” Eck said, was further displayed as Stewart took a leading...
...year, the House’s chief eponym, Abbott Lawrence Lowell—a notorious homophobe and organizer of a secretive court that once expelled eight Harvard students suspected of being gay—still reigned as University president. The proximity of these photos to the hearth of Diana Eck and Dorothy Austin, Harvard’s first openly gay House masters, might seem ironic.Inside the residence, Eck meanders past the big bay windows lining her living room as she tells me how she and her wife “are really just normal people who lead normal lives...
...than two decades, James M. Coveney merged his personal style with the spirit of the Lowell House community. On Friday, when the House celebrated the retirement of its longtime building manager, the masters presented Coveney with a gift to commemorate his presence. The gift from House Masters Diana L. Eck and Dorothy A. Austin was a black leather motorcycle jacket embroidered with the Lowell insignia. Coveney, an avid motorcyclist, donned the jacket over a Harley-Davidson shirt as the party came to a close. The present was emblematic of the personal flair noted by Coveney’s colleagues...
...typical Harvard student is her commitment to “saying, ‘God, you’re the master of my life,’ which is very counter-cultural in an academic environment.” Professor of comparative religion and Indian studies Diana L. Eck moderated the event, which was sponsored by the Harvard College Interfaith Council and drew more than two dozen attendees to Ticknor Lounge. Eck noted that though the panelists found their faith reaffirmed in college, their experiences “might be the exception, rather than the rule...