Word: jcr
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While Hoppenstein--an unlikely villain at best--shared wine and cheese in the Lowell Junior Common Room, crowds outside grew larger and more hostile. When Harvard police refused to allow any people into the JCR, the group crammed into the small foyer separating the JCR from the Lowell House dining room. Harvard police, with Hoppenstein in low, finally burst through the crowd to take the diplomat to a waiting...
When 12 students blocked Hoppenstein's getaway car, Harvard police rushed the diplomat back into the JCR. The disorganized throng outside then voted to barricade Hoppenstein in the room until midnight, causing Harvard police to enter panic mode and stage a military-style break through the protesters and assorted students heading to and from lunch...
...would anybody except the past and present members of the Quincy JCR and their friends. Of course--watch cliffhangers' like Brown vs. Columbia? "Game of the Week" producer Greg Harney claimed audiences were about the same for Ivy football as for whatever the games replaced, but WQED program director Sam Silverman conceded that the show was "not a rating, success." WNFE President Jay Iselin '56 reported that his viewership was from 100,000 to 200,000 in the Greater New York area, the same for his how to shows on gardening and home repair...
...seating on cushions in the Adams House JCR can become uncomfortable at times but works well in throwing the audience deeper into the dramatic center. Wagman keeps the set sparse and unobtrusive, utilizing the faded sofa pillows from the JCR and adding only two chairs. The standard minimalist setting is supplemented only by a coffee tray and liquor stand. Wagman has just the right amount of cigarette lighting, coffee pouring and brandy sipping, to parallel the growing tension in the room...
Amid a sheath of statistics, pepperoni pizza, and the overstuffed armchairs in Lowell House's JCR, the key organizers of this year's first Harvard-Radcliffe Blood Drive met last night to discuss why their campaign strategy had gone awry...