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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was having one of his irregular chats with Senators last Wednesday, speaking in the secret, soundproof fourth-floor Capitol chamber used for highly classified conversations, when someone interjected the question that was on everyone's mind. "What troop levels do we expect to have in Iraq a year from now?" asked Senator Bill Frist, the Republican leader...
...Hilles. Student group space at Harvard is terribly lacking, and the addition of dozens of new offices in Hilles can only be a positive thing for the College’s many “homeless” organizations. In a perfect world, every student organization would get a soundproof, secure office in a central location. But,until Harvard’s development of a new campus in Allston is complete, Hilles is as good as it’s going...
Aside from the addition of doors, other changes to the design include further refinement of “collaborative zones,” such as shared conference rooms and social spaces, soundproof carpeting in groups’ offices, and more storage area...
...state of flux. On Monday, Dean McLoughlin presented plans for offices that had no doors, and whose walls were formed by Hilles’ teak bookshelves. Student groups were understandably concerned about the privacy of offices with no locking doors and bookshelf-walls that are far from soundproof. In the coming days, however, these limitations are likely to be overcome. Since most Hilles-based offices will be between two and four times bigger than any Yard office, even student groups forced to relocate from the Yard will have reason to count their blessings. In the coming months, a subcommittee formed...
...after surviving the cocktail hour from hell, I attended a practice session of 127, Iran's hottest underground rock band. Because the regime still pretends to oppose the toxic culture of the West, rock music is semi-taboo, so the band rehearses in a soundproof bunker inside an abandoned greenhouse in a low-rise complex of concrete apartment blocks on the outskirts of the city. The band members compare themselves with writers in Soviet Russia--miserably creative, creatively miserable. They sing in English and dress in the uniform of global grunge: long sideburns, faded Converse sneakers and plaid shirts...