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Crossing The River Fourth in a Four-Part Series
...buildings will include space for teaching undergraduates. Yet there remain concerns about the undergraduate presence in Allston because it could be difficult for students to get there. Harvard College already stretches from Eliot to CGIS and from Mather to the Quad; some argue that spreading the College across the river will simply stretch it too much. Despite the distance, however, we support holding some undergraduate classes in Allston because, in addition to giving undergraduates access to exciting new facilities, doing so will integrate the Allston and Cambridge campuses in a way few other things...
...Harvard Yard remains the center of campus for undergraduates, the Allston campus and Houses will be little more than a satellite, much like the Quad. Integrating the Allston and Cambridge campuses will require students to cross the river on a regular basis. The Allston Houses, athletic facilities, professors’ labs and office hours, and performing arts centers will play an important role in bringing over certain segments of the undergraduate population...
...people to try out its new menu, the company first has to get them in the door. That's not a problem in places like Providence, R.I., where there is one outlet for every 6,000 people. But Dunkin' has had a rougher time west of the Mississippi River, where it has only about 60 of its 5,200 U.S. stores. Previous efforts to go cross country were haphazard, and those lonely outposts got blasted by stronger regional brands. This year, when Dunkin' rolls out in such new markets as Phoenix, Dallas and Las Vegas, it will blanket them with...
...June 1908, a stray space rock—now thought to be a comet—hurtled toward the Tunguska River in Siberia and exploded about five miles above the ground. Observers tens of miles away from ground zero reported that the “sky split in two,” the air became unbearably hot, and a shock wave threw people against the ground. The force of the explosion leveled 500 square miles of forest...