Word: yardings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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April 9--Shortly after noon, about 100 students raid University Hall and eject all administrators and staff, some of whom resist. The administration seals off the Yard while the students continue to occupy the building...
...some sanity was coming back, and instead of getting better, it gets worse. When they take over, this is the real test of strength. If they do this, and hold that building, and throw out all the people who belong there, and this goes on and on, and Harvard Yard just becomes an endless battleground for the rest of the year, that's the end of the academic year--that's the end of everything. So the only way to cope with the situation is to take the building back right now. Quick. And then take the trouble, whatever blame...
...since Stalin slammed down the Iron Curtain has the region experienced so much change. So far, Washington and its allies have been restrained in trying to turn events in Moscow's front yard to their advantage -- and they may keep it that way. -- British and U.S. officials acknowledge bomb alerts prior to Flight 103's ill-fated voyage. -- Peru lurches toward chaos...
...recent years, however, the Yard library has acquired a reputation of being a noisy social center for students. "If I have to go to a library, Lamont's a good mix of burying yourself in your studies and, on the other hand, hanging out with all your friends," said David R. Tunnell...
...member and North Yard Senior Advisor Ginger Mackay-Smith expressed concern that the foreign language clause would force candidates to enroll in an intense language course during their first semester...