Word: lamonte
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...didn't really commit the AdBoardable offense of stealing books without borrowing them. I simply embarked on a small experiment last week. I checked the books out, concealed them on my person, and walked out with them. Twelve hefty books I heisted: two each from Lamont, Hilles, Widener, Langdell, Cabot and the Fogg Fine Arts libraries. No sweat...
...wrong. I am not blaming the book-checkers for their ineptitude. It would be impossible for the most diligent guard to check thoroughly the belongings and person of every student that exits the libraries. When classes let out in Lamont, more than 50 people leave the building in less than five minutes. Thoroughly checking a student would take two or three minutes at least--creating a huge traffic...
...other words, Plotz and others utilize the same rhetoric that they deride. By lumping students into a silent majority, they effectively silence that majority. The only people who are left with any real opinions at all are the "PC ideologues," the "oppressed conservatives" reading National Review in Lamont and campus critics such as David Plotz...
...Giving significantly less emphasis to Lamont's "browsing collections." De Gennaro said that since book-stores are now widely used for browsing, "such `gentlemen's libraries' are totally obsolete...
...Yianos T. Kontopoulos '92, a member of CUE and the council, said he was particularly glad that the library officials were considering extending Lamont's hours. The council has repeatedly asked that Harvard keep Lamont open all night, especially duringexam periods...