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...high time we started being realistic. The only real student center at Harvard is the one we've all been going to, every week, since we first arrived here: Lamont Library. Why create a whole new building when one already exists? It's pretty hard to avoid Lamont. All the books you need for classes, papers and even pleasure are there. On any given night, some large fraction of the student body is trapped within that somber edifice, sweating it out in solitude. The clientele is already there; all we need to provide is ambiance...
With a pinch of decorating savvy, some hype and publicity, Lamont Library could easily become the student center everyone craves. Here's what we can do to make Lamont a livelier, more sociable place...
...Lamont is going to become the new social center of Harvard, a few things will have to change. The e-mail kiosks will have to go. E-mail is not conducive to socializing, not by a long shot. Nor is standing in line for 40 minutes while some of checks the ESPN Web site. In the new Lamont, the computers will run only one program: www.datesite.com . No Hollis Plus. Not even Hollis. If you want to find a book, ask someone...
...night may soon come when Harvard students gather 'round their laptops in Lamont to watch the latest episode...
...opening its doors to men, the institute is taking the high ground on the issue of gender discrimination. The days of sex-based exclusion on the part of both Harvard and Radcliffe are long over. Gone are the days when Lamont was closed to Cliffies, and the Bunting Institute has realized that it too must change with the times...