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...which I had just received in the mail, I would not get to participate in the decades-old tradition of living in the yard. I would not be allowed to rise each morning to the tolling of the Memorial Church bell or to look out my window at the splendor of Widener Library. I was fated to be unlike the rest of my classmates. I had been singled out. They knew that I was one of the "mistakes...
Harvard's trend of ugly architecture wasn't limited to residences. Many of the newer buildings closer to the Yard reach new levels of decided non-splendor...
...Rodriguez and her rooming group, the choice to live in the Quad represented a rejection of the Georgian splendor of the river houses in favor of the immense personal space of a single and the sunny comforts of a lawn big enough for many a muddy football game. Some who opt to move to the Quad do so because of what they perceive as better facilities, namely the frozen yogurt machine in Currier. "The Quad is new and spacious and not kind of old and scary like the River houses," said Chris J. Nicholson '97, an advocate of Cabot House...
Have these individuals fallen prey to charminggimmicks and the appeal of efficiency, losingsight of the true gastronomic splendor of thedessert experience? What about the honest,rewarding work that goes into carving rock-solidice cream out of a bucket with a sticky scooper?If this seems hyperbolic, observe one student'ssuggestion that "Currier House should be renamed'Fro-Yo House,'" Casual joke or flagrant idolatry?The same student calls the process of servingfro-yo a "creative outlet; you get a chance tosculpt and relax at the end of your meal time."The simple act of trying to get a serpentine ropeof...
...means clear that they will, though. Outside investment has pushed both ways. Dozens of spacious villas in the old French quarter have been restored to their original splendor by foreign companies eager to establish offices from which to cash in on Vietnam's 9% annual growth rate. Demand for commercial and residential space has pushed rents to Hong Kong and Tokyo levels. As a result, many investors would rather replace the old three-story buildings with office towers. Late last year Hanoians looked on in wonder as demolition crews razed the historic--though architecturally undistinguished--prison known as the ``Hanoi...