Word: grates
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Police said that the students removed a grate behind the John Harvard statue and jumped down to a basement opening to the building, which houses the offices of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...Basement Grate...
Further into the semester, however, student and administrator enthusiasm returned to pre-grate levels. "Once the grates were removed, the outrage disappeared and the students stopped caring," says Undergraduate Council Chairman Brian C. Offutt '87, a Leverett resident. "It became a non-issue...
...some administrators sense that all the adverse publicity Harvard received during "the great grate story of 1986" painted an inaccurate picture of Leverett House and the University's efforts to alleviate homelessness. Richard J. Doherty '76, director of state relations, says that in addition to the March conference on homelessness, Harvard will be sponsoring a benefit for Shelter, Inc. later this month...
Still, there is also a considerable amount of caring, concern, and positive action on the part of many Leverett residents directly resulting from the grate incident. Also, I in no way view the issue as "silly" or minor...