Word: wolbach
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...winning shield. The red in the upper right represents Harvard and the black in the lower portion symbolizes Radcliffe. A black border that signifies the Radcliffe quad surrounds the field. The four squares symbolize the four Radcliffe dormitories or halls included in Pforzheimer House: Mours, Holmes, Comstock, and Wolbach...
...last week Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles announced that in an effort to create more housing space for students, Wolbach will soon be "renovated." Associate Dean of the College Thomas A. Dingman '67 confirmed this report March 19, saying that during the summer of 2002 the kitchens of Wolbach will be knocked out and that extra bedrooms will be added in their place. Dingman explained that the College is dissatisfied with the high cost of the kitchens' maintenance. The College also must find space for 118 students who are unaccounted for under the current housing scheme...
...Renovations"? Knowles' plan for Wolbach is a wolf masquerading in sheep's clothing. The proposed renovations would likely strip Wolbach of much of its comfort and charm. Many of Wolbach's rooms are already subdivided; partitions have been erected over the years to squeeze extra singles out of the suites' common-room space. Further partitioning would only leave the rooms cramped and awkwardly arranged. Furthermore, the kitchen spaces are long and narrow and do not naturally lend themselves to bedroom conversion. They cannot be removed from the building without seriously damaging Wolbach's appealing character. The best way to alleviate...
...College's living spaces. There are currently several unused rooms in Jordan simply because it is viewed as so unattractive. Renovations of Jordan would provide for full use of its housing space. Furthermore, another floor could easily be added. The students slated to be assigned to the new, cramped Wolbach would probably prove much happier in a renovated and expanded Jordan...
...cost of these measures--aside from the construction of a new House--would not be exorbitant, especially if a number of them are used in combination. And each is a more elegant solution for the long term than knocking down Wolbach's walls...