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...Jeremy R. Knowles—and with last year’s firing of former Deputy Dean of the College Patricia O’Brien—the student-friendly age of yesteryear came to an abrupt close. Indeed, without Summers many important projects, from the Pub and the Lamont café to the renovations of Dunster and Mather dining halls, would never have happened. Investing in the student experience—including academic advising, which despite recent initiatives remains very weak—must continue to be a priority, and it will only be so if Smith embraces it.Dean...
...banner year for new social spaces cropping up around campus, as the College tried to address student complaints of a social life centered around cramped dorm rooms and exclusive final clubs. Additions including the Cambridge Queen’s Head pub, the Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH), the Lamont Library Café, and Women’s Center opened to levels of student enthusiasm that ranged from the subdued to the ecstatic...
...success of the Lamont Café and the new pub shows that students were clamoring for fresh social spaces. But contrast those spots with the empty halls of SOCH, and another trend emerges: undergraduates seek spaces that aren’t just new, but in the heart of campus...
...with current administrators. Also known as the Dean’s Discretionary Fund for Undergraduate Life, the fund has been responsible for bankrolling several important student life projects such as the renovations of Hilles Library into student group space, the renovation of freshman common rooms in Yard basements, the Lamont Café, the Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub, and events sponsored by the College Events Board...
...student body to make sure the Pub continues to be well utilized.It is no surprise that college students flock to a space that promises cheap booze and buffalo wings, but only at Harvard would a library serve as a social hub of the undergraduate body. Since its October opening, Lamont Café—which takes the place of the library’s former reference room—has been a welcome addition to students’ favorite reading period haunts. While socializing and a library may seem like strange bedfellows, on a campus where many students prefer...