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What happens when five freshmen are crammed into a four-person room? They build a loft. Result--no more crowding. But five students in Canaday Hall's C-entry who tried this tactic said their plan may soon be foiled...
Although the students who built the loft said it received the superintendant's approval earlier this year, Yard Superintendent Edward Rosen threatened early this month to tear it down...
...loft is a fire hazard and a threat to student safety," said Rosen. "It compromises the sprinkler and the smoke alarm in the room...
...help impoverished friends and artists. "I have some power and money," he says, "but I don't know if I can keep it up much longer. I'm getting too old to run around. I need somewhere I can die in peace." His choice would be a large loft where he could have a Buddhist shrine room and space to organize the books, papers and projects that relentlessly pile up around him. Columbia University receives 20 boxes a year for its Ginsberg archives...
Responding to readers like Rhoades, WoodenBoat magazine, now a decade old, decided to provide such an alternative. Four years ago, it acquired an old estate on 65 acres overlooking the Atlantic, converted a brick-and-stone barn into a boatshop and sail loft and launched the WoodenBoat School. In its maiden year, the school offered only a few basic courses, attracting some 60 students. This year the curriculum has expanded to 18 courses and enrollment is expected to exceed 80 students before the school closes its doors at the end of this week. For tuition of around $300 a week...