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...Harvard scene is so widely disparaged as “blah” that even University administrators know about it. According to Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd, surveys of outgoing seniors consistently complain about social life. “We know we have a problem,” she says. “It’s just the exact way to solve it that we haven’t figured...
...College is now recognizing a distinction between extracurricular activities and a social life,” Kidd says. After watching the formation of groups like harvardparties.com and the UC’s Concert Commission, Kidd says she realized the demand for more social alternatives was salient. And perhaps more important, the upcoming move to Allston has provided a chance to think toward the future. A survey sent to all undergraduates asks detailed questions about social habits, underscoring the University’s recent interest in the subject...
Perhaps because of this heightened interest in student social life, the University is seriously considering building a student center in Allston, according to Kidd...
Ironically, the accumulated student complaint over the past two decades has finally had some impact. According to Kidd, two forces stymied administrative action in the past. “One is that Harvard does not have much centrally located space available to build,” she says, indicating that the Allston purchase could change that. “The other is that there was not a recognition that students’ needs for social life are changing...
...Kidd notes another reason the administration has not jumped to invest in social life. She says that because social discontent didn’t affect admissions numbers, administrators didn’t pay it much attention...