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More Barney than Bacchus, last year’s Springfest brought unprecedented crowds to the MAC quadrangle to celebrate the coming of spring. Traditionally, the Undergraduate Council had been solely in charge of planning and funding this event for undergraduates. But last year, the event found a new sponsor in the office of University President Lawrence H. Summers...
Recent articles and opinion pieces in this newspaper have pointed out what everyone knows: the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) is not meeting the fitness needs of the Harvard community. What is at stake is not just students’ waistlines, but their mental health, and sometimes even their lives...
...recreational facilities need improvement and are working hard to make changes. A study commissioned by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences concluded that currently only 30 percent of the need for recreational facilities was being met. While the deans are set to approve a final plan for the MAC sometime in March, the completion of the renovations is several years away. Millions of dollars will have to be raised and plans will have to be made to move the varsity volleyball, wrestling and fencing teams across the river. In the meantime, some interim measures have already been taken...
...allow current students access to adequate opportunities for regular exercise. One short-term measure that should be considered is negotiating reduced-cost memberships in local gyms. Perhaps the College could lease or purchase fitness equipment to be installed in the Houses to take some of the pressure off the MAC. A creative look at floor plans might reveal additional space for cardio machines like the balcony overlooking the basketball courts. Finally, a quick glance at the cardio signup sheets shows that while the ellipticals and treadmills are always taken, other equipment mostly sits idle; some of that dead weight...
...treatment at UHS. The others may be wary of the stigma attached to their illness or may not want to take antidepressants. There is clear evidence that they could help themselves with regular exercise, but to do that, they need decent facilities. The long-term plans to renovate the MAC won’t help today’s students. For them, drastic action is called for in the face of an insidious epidemic...