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Moving the office from the center of Harvard's administration to the basement of a student dormitory, the letter charges, represents a retreat from the University's commitment to "creating a climate of inclusiveness to its students of color and its embracing of the very mission of the Foundation...
...symbolic decision to move the Foundation to the Thayer basement student offices appears to be yet more evidence of the administration's marginalizing attitude and lack of commitment to Harvard-Radcliffe's students of nontraditional backgrounds," the letter says...
...Because the Foundation is such an integral part of the maintenance of a healthy campus, University Hall has always seemed an appropriate location," said Kristen M. Clarke '97, president of the Black Students Association. "The sudden move of the office to a basement of a student dorm suggests that its role is only remedial and parallel to that of any other student organization...
...keys to the basement of Shad Hall and we went down to the basement--back, way back where all the pipes were. Then, when we had walked all the way to the end, he took out the keys, opened a door and showed me a big empty room. This was where the pool was supposed to be--but there was nothing there...
...which resembles a tony New York City athletic club, has also been a source of rumor and intrigue among B-School students this fall. At one point last month, the campus was buzzing with the story that the administration had secretly installed a swimming pool deep in Shad's basement...