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THERE is a room in Agassiz House called the Lyman Common Room. It is a room primarily for women, yet it is not a women's center. Criticized by some for its shortcomings and praised by others for the achievement it symbolizes, Lyman is a room not of commonality but of contradictions. It is ironically both the result of, and the impetus for, a movement urging Harvard to provide women with a place of their...
...panel of women undergraduates gathered last night in the Lyman Common Room to discuss gender bias and its impact on the learning environment at Harvard...
...inconveniently located and inaccessible. Meanwhile, even that facility's existence is in jeopardy. Based on what Radcliffe president Linda S. Wilson has said about her plans for reorganizing Agassiz House, students expect to lose what space they have there, and to be left only with the use of the Lyman Common Room. Although that common room, which has a capacity of 200 people, would be adequate for receptions or meetings, students say, it would simply not provide them with the office space, facilities or independence they need...
...room that housed the previous women's center will likely be made off limits to the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS). The room of the Association of Black Radcliffe Women may be taken away as well. What's worse is that students have not been guaranteed access to the Lyman Common Room when they want it. They will have to press their claims against those of alumnae, staff and graduate students to the assistant dean in charge of the common room, who was appointed without significant student input...
...agreement" involving the departure of popular E4A staff member Suzanne Motherall and appointment of a temporary part-time staff member (again, without student input) to take her place. E4A may also be forced to give up its room to share space with the other student groups in the Lyman Common Room...