Word: leveretts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some administrators sense that all the adverse publicity Harvard received during "the great grate story of 1986" painted an inaccurate picture of Leverett House and the University's efforts to alleviate homelessness. Richard J. Doherty '76, director of state relations, says that in addition to the March conference on homelessness, Harvard will be sponsoring a benefit for Shelter, Inc. later this month...
Earlier this spring, the University also brought in medical personnel to examine the homeless men occupying the heating grates in an effort to determine the extent of their physical and mental disabilities, says Leverett House Senior Tutor Thomas A. Dingman...
Although the Leverett masters have implemented a number of strategies to improve security around the house--like expensive, round-the-clock police patrols at the grates, better lighting at the dining hall entrance, and a new look-out window in the superintendent's office--homeless men and students' fears will return to McKinlock as soon as the temperatures drop next winter...
...underestimate the importance of what makes homeless people go to Leverett House," Whitty emphasizes. "There is a fantastic gush of heat that comes from those grates, some sympathetic students leave sandwiches, some stop and talk and say 'How are you?' and 'Who are you?' They will congregate there next year...
...congregate on heating grates outside of McKinlock Hall last January, the University installed metal barriers over the grates on the coldest night of the year. Unfortunately, administrators had to learn the hard way that problems which affect the community at large also impact Harvard, and in this case, Leverett House. And so the grates soon came...