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...Cambridge and Boston. Summer is a rare, welcome gap of time in which exploration off familiar paths is possible. It seems a waste of this opportunity to seclude oneself in a building with other Harvard students during free time. During winter, students have no choice other than to batten down the hatches and stay indoors at all times. Summer is a season to be outside and now, perhaps, to become better acquainted with the Cambridge community. It may seem unimaginable to stay at Harvard without usual Harvard lifestyle resources, but it is possible and could lead to a more enlightening...
Though these departments may batten down the hatches until the economic turmoil passes, the undergraduates currently interested in these fields cannot put their education on hold until the endowment climbs. The undergraduate experience is on a time limit, and each year that Harvard does not maintain its intellectual offerings is a year many students irrevocably lose...
...Batten down the hatches—the world’s best squash players will arrive at Harvard this weekend for the 2005 U.S. Open Squash Tournament. It’s the first time that the Open, which will take place at the Crimson’s Murr Center Nov. 4-8, will be held at Harvard. It has taken place at Boston’s Symphony Hall for the past three years. The Harvard squash teams’ traditional home in the Murr Center now includes the 13 glass-backed courts and one four-sided glass feature court...
...school kicked off a three-year capital campaign in 2003 with a $25 million donation from Silicon Valley venture capitalist Arthur Rock and a $32 million gift from Weather Channel founder Frank Batten...
Wyss’ $25 million gift is among the largest that the Business School has received in its 96-year history. Weather Channel founder Frank Batten donated $32 million to the school last spring. His gift came on the heels of a $25 million donation from Arthur Rock, the Silicon Valley venture capitalist who helped launch Intel and Apple Computer...