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...need for the Knafel Center, while neither blatant nor highly pressing, is sizable. The Government and Economics departments are currently cramped in Littauer Hall, with some professors' offices located amid cubicles in the basement. The building does not afford space for either concentration's tutorial offices, with economics undergraduates having to trek to 20 Garden St. and government students to 53 Church St. Moreover, the Government Department is particularly ill-served by the current arrangement. Twenty of the department's professors are already located in Coolidge Hall, resulting in a division of resources and a geographical barrier, albeit somewhat minor...
...Knafel Center is built as planned, the entire Government Department, including the University's various centers for international studies, would be united in the Coolidge-Knafel complex, leaving all of Littauer to Economics. Much as the Faculty neatly assembled its humanities departments in the Barker Center, the social sciences would be brought together in the vicinity of Knafel, with the Center for European Studies and William James Hall (housing sociology, psychology and social anthropology) across the street...
Although sensible and appealing in theory, in practice, there really isn't an appropriately spacious lot on campus on which Harvard could build the Knafel Center. An expansion of Littauer has been deemed unfeasible, as has a new building on the current site of the Office of Information Technology. Still, if the University truly does work with the community, with a high level of respect for the historic character of the area and an appreciation of the importance of preserving green space, the project could be successful on its proposed site...
...Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy Isadore Twersky passed away last October at the age of 67. Twersky, described in The Crimson's obituary as "a pioneer in the study of Jewish thought," was an internationally renowned scholar who helped build Harvard's Center for Jewish Studies into a leading institute for the study of Jewish texts. A leader within the local Jewish community and within academe, Twersky seemed to have left everyone with a positive impression. He is sorely missed...
Boston University Professor Laurence J. Kotlikoff warned against optimism yesterday in a Littauer classroom lecture, saying that this year's budget surplus may not avert a possible crisis in the Social Security system...