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Starting in 2011, social science concentrators conducting research over the summer will likely be able to stay on campus as part of a new program...
...campus—parties that are large enough to feel exciting yet small enough to facilitate personal interactions—are limited to members of a student group or are exclusive in some other way. Students often feel left out of these ideally sized gatherings, a major issue with social space on campus. In response, the SIP fund promises to support exactly the types of events that undergraduates want and that all undergraduates can attend. The parties must be located in a public space but also cannot be advertised via posters or email lists; hence, the parties are intended...
Funding these parties will also encourage a good use of social space that already exists. Quincy House Master Lee Gehrke cited the dining hall, House Master’s residence, and the House Junior Common Room as approved spaces for SIP parties. These high-quality venues are ideal for the types of gatherings that the fund will sponsor, yet at the moment they seem to be used largely for sporadic House events. This is a shame, because beautiful and large rooms such as JCRs have the potential to serve as centers for student social life in a broader context...
...this being said, Harvard’s social space issues run deeper than what can be solved by a fund that will allow each House one to two parties per semester. Every weekend, hundreds of students are frustrated by the lack of inclusive, high-quality events—as of now, this program will only reach a very small portion of these constituents...
College administrators say they are currently developing a program to support summer research in fields such as economics, psychology, sociology, and government. Called Behavioral Laboratory In the Social Sciences, or BLISS, the program will be modeled after the Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering established five years...