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...Loker Commons, that sulking sewer of broken dreams deep beneath Memorial Hall, is a living monument to Harvard’s inability to effectively accommodate the social lives of its students. It is a failed project in almost every respect, its original purpose obliterated by poor design and subsequent misuse. But while reviving Loker Commons as a student center is a noble aim, indeed, the transformation of the space into a pub environment would be counter-productive and, more than likely, ultimately unsuccessful...
...idea behind a Loker pub is a simple one; if you build it and serve alcohol, they will come. The problem is that, though many would benefit from the establishment of a pub, others would be left (quite literally) out in the cold...
...many students, Loker is a meeting area and workspace, and has a regular weeknight population of undergraduates who use its facilities. True, this type of use hardly constitutes the kind of student center environment envisioned by benefactor Katherine Bogdanovich Loker, but it is use of the space nonetheless. For many, the creation of a pub in Loker would mean the end of the space’s potential for productivity...
...second, larger, group that would literally not be well served by a Loker pub is those students who are not of legal drinking age. Of course, some enterprising undergrads will find ways to circumvent the rules and imbibe regardless, but for those whose conception of a social space does not or cannot for legal reasons involve alcohol, a pub in Loker Commons would be a step in the wrong direction...
...Loker is used ought to change, but the installation of a pub would be a misstep. The success of “Harvard Pub Nights,” which are held in Loker, should not indicate that the space should be transformed into a permanent pub. Rather, it indicates that these events should continue, while a more inclusive, permanent student space is created in the basement of Memorial Hall...