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...China ties, and his personal relationships with Mao and Zhou mark him with greatness by association. Add to this the Chinese worship of academic achievement. The year I studied at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, I was shocked by reaction to a lecture by a Nobel Prize-winning economist; the overflow crowd stampeded the podium afterwards, jostling for photos and autographs. When Steven Hawking appeared at Beijing's Great Hall of the People last summer, crazed fans rushed the stage. I know young women who get weak-kneed at the mention of Albert Einstein...
...could end up with a supercharged overflow unit, a suburban science park with a cultural “capstone,” and hundreds of students lodged in nicely landscaped dorms. Follow me in a quick mental tour of my “dys-Allston”: You have no problem, I am sure, imagining a science campus that by 6:30 p.m. is abandoned, at least from the outside. The stunning new museum closes at 5 p.m. (it is a superb collection—most faculty and students go once, to show visitors). There are some classrooms...
...problem is that Allston cannot—must not—be thought of entirely as a way-station between FAS and HMS; nor can it be an annex to carry overflow housing, lab, and museum space that doesn’t fit in Cambridge. Allston must be thought of as a fundamental piece of the dynamic center of Harvard University. Here’s the acid test: It is 6:30 p.m. or 9:30 p.m. on a Thursday or Friday or Saturday—and if you don’t think it would be great...
...This summer, Mass. Hall will undergo yet another transformation—freshmen are no longer expected to live there, making room for overflow housing for upperclassmen and, perhaps, more office space. Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 says that Mass. Hall, which housed 18 freshmen this year, lacks the “critical mass” to be a full-fledged dormitory...
What Harvard Would Probs Do: Lame Idea #1: Let yet another not 24-hour fast-food chain buy up the space; (everyone loves McDonalds)! Lame Idea #2: Put a few beds in it and call it overflow housing for upperclassmen. Lame Idea #3: Store books there to make up for the lack of libraries on campus. Lame Idea #4: Make more “freshmen-friendly” spaces so freshmen will have more friends. Lame Idea #5: Use extra endowment money to build nuclear bombs for fun there, rather than dealing with trivial matters like financial aid. What Harvard...