Word: planned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Early in December Harvard's announced plan to build a 200-room hotel on the Gulf station lot came under bitter attack from the members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, who wanted an academic building on the site. After the faculty unanimously called on Harvard to "reconsider" the hotel plan Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence appointed a three -member committee to look into alternate uses, and the hotel project was temporarily suspended...
After more than five years of legal wrangling with the New York attorney general's office, Harvard finally succeeded in selling the forest this summer to the New York-based Golden Family Foundation. The new owners plan to lease the forest to a consortium of New York education institutions, who will use it for teaching and research purposes...
When Harvard originally announced its plan to sell the forest in 1984, it immediately came under attack from alumni and environmental groups, who argued that the endowment--now worth more than $2.5 million--was primarily meant for Black Rock's upkeep...
Last year, several masters and the dean of the College came up with a plan to answer these complaints. Under the proposal, one-quarter of the spaces in participating houses would have been field by random assignment...
After outspoken protests from students and second thoughts on the part of several masters, the plan was withdrawn. The process remained the same as before, although students were no longer told their lottery numbers before listing house preferences...