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...infamous Question 35, which asks whether or not an applicant has ever been convicted of possessing or selling drugs other than tobacco or alcohol. Garcia immediately contacted the financial aid office and, thinking little of it, told them of her minor transgression involving the ashes of a cannabis plant...
...renovating the power plant, Harvard would have the opportunity to create a facility with world renown, possibly leading to increased donations of contemporary art. The museum would likely be viewed as the Tate Modern’s little brother or sister, a comparison that could result in some cooperation between the University and that institution, which would not be a bad older sibling to have...
Start with an outmoded power generation plant. Hire a high-profile architect. Remove the unused equipment and renovate the interior. Add a collection of contemporary works of art. The result? The bankside Tate Modern in London—or Harvard’s new museum for contemporary art on the Charles River...
...former has been a huge success, bringing life back to a historic, but neglected, part of the city. The latter remains the pipe dream of a few (myself included). Patricia Hills, an art historian who lives around the corner from the plant, has been thinking about the artistic potential of the building since the early 1970s, when Faneuil Hall and South Street Seaport popularized the concept of adaptive reuse. Locating the museum in the plant could certainly satisfy disparate groups with disparate goals...
...solution? Move the plans for the art museum across Western Ave. into the Blackstone Energy plant purchased by Harvard not long after the original museum plans were abandoned. The plant used to produce electricity for the city but now only makes steam for Harvard’s buildings and therefore could not be decommissioned immediately. But, according to Mary Power, Harvard’s director of community relations, steam generation could potentially be relocated to another site (possibly across the river). Even if relocation proved too costly, an innovative renovation of the building might allow the space to be used...