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...same could be said for the changes occurring in the Quadrangle. The Quad??s Hilles Library is transforming into the Quad Library—a single floor “library” without a librarian and with limited reserves—and student center, much to the chagrin of many current Quad residents who enjoy their personal study space. Likewise, the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center (QRAC) has been closed for most of last semester as some of its basketball courts are transformed into admittedly much-needed dance space—a change necessitated after the Radcliffe Institute...
...other hand, University expansion into Allston—farther away from the Quad??has student performers, including myself, worried about whether a beautiful facility will be enough to draw audiences all the way up Garden Street in future years, especially when we have received no information about whether Allston will include dance facilities. At rehearsals and dance classes, I have periodically heard dancers express concerns that while the campus’ center seems to be headed across the river, the student performing groups are being stranded in the Quad...
...current Harvard housing system also allows students to enjoy the majority of their first year without comparing it to what next year will bring. What if, under a Yale-style system, students knew they had been assigned to the Quad before arriving at Harvard? Given the Quad??s poor, though undeserved, reputation, most of these students would spend their first year dreading the move to the Quad??regardless of how good or bad the Quad really...
...closure of the QRAC in the middle of the semester, and the future elimination of a basketball court, has upset many Quad residents and prompted a flurry of e-mails on House open-lists bemoaning the loss of the Quad??s athletic space...
...done, the real question is not what the stopgaps will be, but whether these dual renovations mean the beginning of the end for the Quad. With Harvard’s long-term vision of the future focused on placing undergraduates in Allston and graduate students at the Quad, the Quad??s longevity as fully-featured undergrad housing has been cast solidly into doubt...