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...thus Herman Hickman, so round, so firm, so fully packed, packed up and left, aided by a swarm of slow-burning Yale alumni...
...especially mundane buildings.” After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Maki attended the GSD, receiving his masters in 1954. He taught at Washington University in St. Louis for four years before serving on the GSD faculty. In 1965, he went back to Japan to found the firm Maki and Associates in Tokyo. In his lecture, titled “On Scenery,” Maki displayed slides of his buildings and explained in technical terms how his designs interacted with the surrounding scenery, bringing out the basic principles that underlie his vision of architectural design. Maki said...
...Nothing was said because words fail, and because the mood of this campus has turned decidedly inward. The administration has posted prominent signs on all academic and residential buildings barring reporters and camera crews. Over the weekend, the student government issued a polite but firm request that the media pack up and leave...
...same campaign dates back to the 1970s when Harvard security officers originally formed a union that maintained considerable strength for nearly 30 years. The struggle was renewed, however, a few years ago when Harvard decided to outsource all but 7 security officer positions to a private security firm, AlliedBarton...
...believe that a university that prides itself on its standards of excellence does not retain those same standards for subcontractors, like AlliedBarton, which are responsible for our own Harvard community members’ livelihoods. AlliedBarton can boast that it is the nation’s largest U.S.-owned security firm and brings in sizable profits, but the company’s track record in terms of labor policies is shameful...