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...they wish to look at.Harvard is a leader in higher education, and it should set an example of generously sharing its resources. Harvard’s own students should have complete, free access to all Harvard’s publications. Further, far from preserving its reputation as an ivory tower sealed off from the world, Harvard should seek to share with the public all materials that are not and will not be published...
...brew will be “1636,” a beer developed and supplied particularly for the Queen’s Head by the Harpoon Brewery. Enhancing the atmosphere of the new space will be a Memorial Hall gargoyle, which fell off the building’s tower during a 1956 fire and resurfaced 12 years later in the Fogg Art Museum. The museum has agreed to a permanent loan with the Queen’s Head, and the gargoyle will be displayed above the bar. “As you walk in, the gargoyle will be right there...
August 1, 1966: Austin, Texas Charles Whitman points a rifle from the observation deck of the University of Texas at Austin's Tower and begins shooting in a homicidal rampage that goes on for 96 minutes. Sixteen people are killed, 31 wounded...
...officials know that students were jumping from high places? If so, did they try to restrict access to those areas? In October, Christopher Fu, a junior at the University of Illinois, got past a tall chain-link fence before plummeting to his death from the school's TV tower. Because Fu had expressed interest in a local parkour group on Facebook.com campus police couldn't determine whether his fall was an accident or a suicide. Like cops on many campuses, Illinois' assistant chief Jeff Christensen had never heard of parkour until the death at his school...
After the original version of this story was published, Bank of America notified TIME that it is no longer considering the use of wind energy for its Manhattan tower...