Word: lamont
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...Since the situation is so mixed-up as it is, there are plenty of uncontroversial tweaks that can yield significant impact. The conversion of a periodicals room to a café in Lamont Library has probably done more to change the day-to-day structure of student life than all of the policy changes in the last five years combined. Simple, obvious improvements in commonly used spaces can have a broad effect on the many everyday activities whose patterns depend on these spaces...
...physical infrastructure in Cambridge, University President Drew G. Faust announced yesterday. Citing “the need for additional spaces for cultural, recreational, and social activities for the Harvard community,” Faust instructed the committee to plan beyond recent campus construction such as the Lamont Library Café and the Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub. Her charge to the committee gave no budgetary details or suggestions for specific projects, but committee co-chair Lizabeth Cohen—who will also take over as chair of the History Department when she returns from Oxford this summer?...
...Harvard women by stressing to them, over and over, how it is possible to look cute while studying, and how dirty pig-tails and light wash jeans are not the answer to any problem. Many a night, I have felt disappointed in my quest, especially after long days at Lamont, where I was awash with Harvard sweatshirts and conversations about problem sets. But as I was walking down the street the other day, I realized that even though I may not have changed that much during my time here, Harvard itself has changed. I happened to see a girl...
Currently, no space exists where students can eat and study without a scolding from a library official. While the Lamont Café is currently a space within a library where students are permitted to eat, it is unsuitable as a study space for many undergraduates. Nearly popular enough to be a social hangout, it can be difficult to work amid the din of conversation. Worse, the entrance of a talkative friend can be a serious setback to understanding a philosophical treatise. Students need a quiet study space where eating is permitted...
...undergraduate history concentrator at Radcliffe, Ellen Goodman ’63 never had a female professor and was denied access to Lamont Library because she was a woman. When the now syndicated columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist returned to Harvard yesterday to speak at the Kennedy School of Government, she said she was surprised that Harvard has made more progress in gender equality than the rest of the country. “I thought we’d have a woman in the White House before Harvard had a female president,” she said. In her speech...