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Dates: during 1980-1989
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State documents reveal that a state inspector on unrelated business was examining the Carpenter Center in October 1985 when he found the widely-spaced stairway rails "in gross violation of our present code." According to current code, stair railings may not be separated by more than six inches...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: A Child's Fall Prompts City Safety Reviews | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

...past and present activists say their lives have been shaped spiritually as well as pragmatically by those years...

Author: By Jennifer Griffin, | Title: Alumni Reflect on Lives Shaped By '60s Politics | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

Instead the Board charged one of the body's permanent committees to decide how the Overseers should consider the question of divestment. In March, the standing committee decided that board members should present their views at the April meeting of the Board but not take a vote--formal or informal...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Divestment Activists Stymied at Meetings | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

...NOTEBOOK: Several Radcliffe rowers are trying out for the Olympics. Present oarswomen Juliet Thompson and twin sisters Betsy and Mary McCagg will be in Indianapolis this week, seeking spots on the U.S. Olympic team...Former Radcliffe crew women Serena Eddy and Allison Townley will also be stroking for a chance to go to Seoul for the United States...Heavyweight bowman Jillian Buriak will try to make the Canadian Olympic team as a rower. Buriak, a sophomore, was a nationally-ranked kayaker until she joined the Radcliffe crew. She had a good chance to go to Korea as a kayaker until...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Radcliffe Heavies Fourth at Nationals | 6/8/1988 | See Source »

...Randy Weiner's troupe Project Space Six (PSS) toured Winthrop House one night, knocking on doors and performing a short play in people's common rooms. PSS drew raves for its rap musical, The Gang's New Threads, which was really The Emperor's New Clothes updated to critique present-day fashion trends in Harvard Square. It was hip, it was funny, it was even socially relevant--and the all-original raps, produced in dorm-room jam sessions, were fresh...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: The Changing of the Avant-Garde | 6/8/1988 | See Source »

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