Word: spaced
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...House events. Social life for many students is moving off-campus, and a House-centered social system is seriously threatened. Undergraduates spend increasing amounts of time in extracurricular organizations, yet student groups are severely under-funded and must fight with Extension School classes for precious meeting and performing space. I believe that the problems of both student groups and the Houses can be alleviated through a mutually beneficial system of student group-House affiliation. The College must take action to ensure that student groups can continue their activities and to ensure that Houses remain the center of social life...
Student groups have become the lifeblood of the campus; their plays, performances, fundraising dances and cultural events provide much-needed social events open to everyone. But current space allocations are not sufficient. Relegated to the basement of Lowell Lecture Hall and similar inconvenient locations, many groups get the message that they are merely marginal to the College. Office space is the best way for a group to ensure its survival; without an office, groups frequently dissolve as seniors graduate and no one is left to continue the organization. Yet only a lucky few groups have offices in the coveted Yard...
Performance space is also at a premium. Within a few years, there is a possibility that the Agassiz theatre will no longer give preference to undergraduate performances. Losing the Agassiz will only worsen the lack of space on campus. If groups are going to survive and continue producing events, the space problem must be solved...
...amount of space taken up by professors requesting studies and office space of library administrators within Widener "is a very small factor," she added...
...bodies will jointly run the park, with Cambridge using its resources to help improve the riverfront space...