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...midterm exams this week, many will be flooding Lamont Library in search of a quiet place to study. Unfortunately, they will still be forced to leave at the early hour of 12:45 a.m. The Harvard College Library system rejected the Undergraduate Council’s proposal to extend Lamont??s hours. The council’s proposal would have extended library hours by one more hour each night, providing students with more time to study. Yet the decision to maintain the current hours flies in the face of many undergraduates’ academic needs...
...College library system contends that later hours would jeopardize worker security. Yet, the council’s proposal to extend Lamont??s hours could have been easily implemented without great strain on the staff. For example, shuttles could have been cheaply and easily provided to students who work late. And accomodations could be made for staff who must work late but require public transportation...
Unfortunately, bureaucratic obstacles are also obstructing immediate library hour extensions. Leahy conceded that though she did not know the specific projected cost of keeping the library open an hour later, library administrators have already declared that extending Lamont??s hours is not a viable option in the near future. This prediction is perhaps more upsetting given that the library has not released the details of its budget. If the library truly faces severe financial constraints, it should not hesitate to disclose its expenditures and publicy justify the choices it is making. Tradeoffs could be made to make later...
Chopra, who headed the council’s efforts to convince the libraries to institute later hours, characterized Lamont??s policies as inhospitable to undergraduates...
...what’s your thesis about?” I get the question everywhere: on the shuttle, before class, after class, waiting in line to check my e-mail in the Science Center, from the girl in the bathroom stall next to mine in Lamont??who I don’t even know, by the way. Here’s a hint: I’ve been thinking and writing about this for the last year, don’t ask that question unless you have at least two hours to spare and a penchant for making...