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...redesigning of America is not likely to stop with the objects highlighted in your cover story [DESIGN, March 20]. The consumer will have to remodel the kitchen to accept new gadgets. We'll have to reinvent a nail for the elegant hammer and prepare attractive trash for the see-through wastebasket. We architects designed buildings based on such concepts as "form follows function," "organic architecture" and "less is more." Now industrial designers are coining terms like "blobjects," "commodity chic" and "cutensils" by creating items to match. Kudos to them. CLEMENT R. PRABAKARAN Sterling Heights, Mich...
...administration lauds the student body's collective intelligence, trumpeting its ever decreasing admissions rate and skyrocketing average SAT score, not to mention the countless Rhodes scholars and prominent academics who emerge from our ranks. Yet they have no faith in students' ability to use toasters and other simple kitchen appliances...
...room was forced to say farewell to late night cups of cocoa, toasted bagels and microwave popcorn. Apparently the administration believes college students at one of the most prestigious institutions of learning in the country cannot be trusted to safely operate kitchen appliances. More than the loss of our warm snacks, I was disappointed by the University's lack of faith in their students' level of basic common sense...
...majority of Harvard students come from homes with microwaves, toasters and other such kitchen appliances. From a young age, most of us have reheated our own meals, toasted our own bread and otherwise provided for ourselves. Even in the odd chance that a student had never used a microwave, I have complete faith that he or she would quickly figure out a way to safely operate it. It's nowhere near as difficult as derivatives or Kant's theory of the self. Yet the Harvard administration seems to not believe that we can heat up a bowl of soup without...
...concern for fire regulations is vital, especially considering the recent dorm fire at Seton Hall. Regardless, this policy against kitchen appliances is absolutely inane. Other appliances, such as irons, blow driers and lamps have just as much propensity for starting a fire as a toaster or rice cooker. The rule does little to improve fire safety and only lowers the quality of life for students. If we can be trusted with the keys of knowledge, can't we be trusted with a microwave...