Word: toweritis
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...complicated while simultaneously extremely simple. It is simple in that it consists of three main geometric elements: an L-shaped “low-rise” (meant to evoke the river houses), a “mid-rise” (Harvard’s preferred name for the tower), and a massive “bridge” (really an elevated building) between the two. It is complicated in that the surfaces of these elements are treated in all sorts of crazy styles and textures. There is brick in many shades, laid in a variety of corduroy patterns; there...
Congress and the White House, already working to reform the nation's failing schools, are training their sights on a loftier target: the ivory tower. That's because the Higher Education Act, which governs most federal student-aid programs, is up for renewal. With that in mind, congressional Republicans are considering amending the law to increase accountability of colleges. One proposal under discussion would mandate that students show improvement on standardized exams, much as the No Child Left Behind Act does for elementary and middle school students...
...strides to more efficiently use the facilities that are currently available. Student groups have recently begun utilizing many of the “alternative” spaces on campus—making a storage closet into a painting studio in Winthrop House, putting on a play in the bell tower in Lowell House, performing Much Ado About Nothing on the steps of Memorial Church. These efforts are exciting and promising—as is a recently created inter-House network of arts tutors that hope to coordinate student use of the varied spaces available. Efficiently navigating and reserving space under...
...account at Sun Trust Bank held jointly by Al Shehhi and 9/11 hijack team leader Mohammed Atta, while both men were attending Huffman Aviation school in Venice, Florida. Atta, who conceived the hijacking-attack scheme while living in Hamburg, Germany, flew American Flight 11 into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Al-Shehhi, a member of Atta's Hamburg al-Qaeda cell, crashed United Flight 175 into the World Trade Center's south tower. Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Midhar spearheaded the hijacking of American Flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon...
...course we’re keeping the water tower,” Simpson said. “I don’t think it was even a question...