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...undergraduate, you can't enjoy Harvard's grass--at least not in the spring, when you're supposed to. As soon as the front-page captions in the Crimson begin to read "Suzie Q. Wiggles-worth '94 enjoys the warm spring weather," Harvard begins to tear up the ground...
...says no. Come April, the dead turf at the edge of the paved walkways is torn up. The dirt is loosened, seeds are planted. Sticky green hydroturf (a combination fertilizer/pigeon defense) is sprayed on top of the whole project. And the good folls at Facilities Maintenance rope off the grass...
Roped-off, hydroturfed grass doesn't do undergraduates any good. But come Commencement and reunion time, the resodded Yard will look just wonderful...
...interviews, Bok actually lists among his proudest accomplishments the relandscaping of the University and the improvement of Harvard's grass. The outgoing president boasts that Harvard in the Bok era has had lush green grass for every reunion...
...think it is no chance occurrence that the grass at the annual reunions turned greener while the endowment skyrocketed, alumni affairs became a vice-presidential position and fundraising became an art form...