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...dramatists at Harvard are enthused by the possibility of a theater concentration. One major conflict that has arisen in the discussion of a dramatic theater concentration is the constraints that might be placed on extracurricular theater groups, such as the Harvard Radcliffe Drama Club (HRDC), whose seasons are already packed without having to compete with the performed theses of concentrators...
Kiely invokes the success of the music program as an exemplary balance of academic and student performance interests. “Extracurricular music clubs absolutely flourish on this campus and the number of music majors on the campus is very small,” he says. “I don’t see why that wouldn’t be the same in theater. If you’re a good actress or good director, you would find plenty of things...
...advisor won’t at some point insist that a particular student’s thesis be given space. What could the student theater community do? As John Drake, ‘06 notes, “There’s no way a Dean will let an extracurricular group dictate to a concentration.” And in a season with less than ten slots total, even the handful of students in the concentration would significantly alter the character of student theater at this school...
...Harvard, such a move must be managed carefully. Certainly we have a vibrant and experimental community that would take full advantage of any additional opportunities that the College would offer, but that community could be easily threatened if its needs are not considered carefully. Without the guarantee of dedicated extracurricular performance facilities of at least the current size and quality, the student theater community could find itself at the mercy of a department one quarter its size. It’s essential that the community organize and take an active role in the discussions of this issue. Because...
...undergraduate’s vital role, the presenters also reiterated that proposals for an undergraduate student center in Allston are under serious consideration. Such a building has the potential to fuse together the broken shards of a fractured student population that yearns for unity, conviviality and common spaces for extracurricular pursuits. This page has called for the University to construct a student center since time immemorial. There is a desperate need for performance, practice and meeting space on campus, and a student center—if properly planned—will solve that problem while also bringing together the disparate...