Word: lamont
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When poet Jean Valentine ’56 was an undergraduate at Radcliffe, she says the campus was “a much more divided world.”At the time, she recalls, women were not allowed into Lamont Library, which houses poetry recordings on the fifth floor.It wasn’t until Valentine returned to Cambridge in the fall of 1967 as a Radcliffe Fellow that she was able to listen to the recordings that she had longed to hear as a student. “I think it was a conservative world that had been there...
...cold, white stillness of Lamont Library became increasingly attractive with the extension of its hours...
...publish a so-called humor magazine for the few who can fit in the cookie-cutter shape of the publication’s officer core. But for the majority of Harvardians without access to these institutions, a new forum has provided an unexpected space to unleash their suppressed desires: Lamont Library. With the advent of the library’s 24-hour schedule, Lamont has become—especially during the doldrums of reading and exam periods—a place of revelry more than a place of study. The signs were apparent from the beginning. As the clock struck...
...seem to be falling into shambles, what with Nick and Jessica being apart and Britney inexplicably continuing to procreate, but your interest isn’t helping anything.Productive – Taking a shower. I’m talking to you, kid who’s been living in Lamont for the past four days. Clean yourself up, and I bet you’ll be able to better focus on your work. After all, typing must be very hard when you’re all itchy and struggling to breathe in a cloud of your...
...cafe won’t be built until next fall, for some students this reading period, the library has already become a favored hangout spot. But the boisterous and crowded atmosphere is a turn-off to others who get more noise and less space than they bargained for. Lamont is open 24-hours a day during the week and until 12:45 Fridays and Saturdays, making it an attractive place for students to stay all day, leaving their books behind when they head out for lunch or a review session. But thanks to Michael I. Levin-Gesundheit...