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...University recently earmarked $4 million from its Capital Campaign to rebuild a Memorial Hall tower destroyed by a fire in 1956. And of the $965 million Harvard hopes to raise for the College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences by the end of this year, much of that money already has been directed to financial aid, Faculty salaries and University operating expenses, according to the University Development Office...
...second relevant news item of last week is Dean Knowles' announcement of a $4 million project to rebuild a tower atop Memorial Hall which burned down in 1956. "Is it not a fitting end to the century and to the [Capital] Campaign that Memorial Hall should be restored to its proper glory?" he queried. Perhaps I am alone, but I actually think that restoring Mem. Hall to its pre 1956 days could wait, at least until, for example, undergraduates are no longer needed to TF courses. Knowles' announcement illustrates quite starkly where priorities lie--in this typical case, with "glory...
...Early in the Campaign, we promised ourselves that by the end of the drive, we would not only have completed the restoration of Memorial Hall as it stands, but also undertake to rebuild its tower," said President Neil L. Rudenstine in a statement released by the Harvard News Office...
...going to consider other offers until he knew whether Jordan was returning. Bill Wennington, the Bulls' center and free agent, also in New York, says that if Jordan doesn't come back, he doesn't see a role for himself on the Bulls who "are going to try to rebuild for the future. It's going to be a lot of different players...
...Flinder Boyd. The freshman standout, who recently received Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors, is averaging 5.0 assists per game, fourth in the league behind Harvard's Hill. Boyd, a Los Angeles native, turned down offers at such basketball powerhouses as Utah and Oklahoma, to try and help rebuild a Dartmouth program that finished next-to-last in the Ivies last year...