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...QRAC and Hilles have the potential to be everything the deans envision, venues that would contribute greatly to the vitality of Quad life. Between the dance studio and the potential student group space in Hilles, we could see a marked increase in traffic flow to the Quad, and we who live here might finally be able to convince the River-dwellers that residential Cambridge boasts an attractive way of life. Many of the activities that send us trekking down to the River for the fourth time in a day might relocate closer to home, leading to a more equitable balance...
...what of the concerns that quickly flooded Quad e-mail lists and shuttle gossip immediately after Friday’s announcements? Some of our concerns have been assuaged by further information that came after the vague initial press release. When we discovered that only one of the basketball courts would be converted into dance space, for instance, leaving another free for IM and recreational use, some of our panic died down. We are also beginning to contemplate the exciting possibilities that the changes could engender. While we look forward to such improvements, though, they have not blinded...
...worry about the library collections, for instance. As many have argued, the duplicate copies not only keep Quad residents from having to travel to Lamont or other libraries for their books, but also increase the likelihood of our finding the books when we actually get to the libraries, as many books are often highly in demand. Given the current inefficient use of space in Hilles, the collection could be preserved on a single floor perhaps, still freeing up space for student activities, and also requiring far less staff and maintenance, the initial concern of the Harvard College Library system that...
...office have already appointed a committee to address the creation of the dance studio. This committee will deal with the technical requirements of turning a basketball court into a dance space worthy of Harvard’s diverse and stellar dance program and rightly includes student dancers themselves. The Quad at large will be less impacted by such details as acoustics and flooring in the dance studio, and far more concerned with concepts such as the remodeling of the rest of the QRAC and the still-undefined revamping of the Hilles space. To that end, Gross has agreed...
Such a committee has the potential to remake the QRAC and Hilles into the best possible spaces to meet the needs of the Quad, the student body at large, and the administrative and budgetary constraints. In order to make this decision-making process a success, student members of the committee must engage the campus in critical thinking about these challenges, the faculty members must give serious thought to student input and the resulting report must be treated with the due weight by administrators in their planning...