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<DIV dir=ltr><BR> <EM>As 'Occupy Harvard' continue their protest in Harvard Yard...
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</EM><BR><EM> Harvard Yard has been locked down to the public since day one.</EM><BR><EM> Meanwhile, Harvard want to obscure the fence to Harvard Yard</EM><BR><EM> with 19 giant placards...</EM><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" dir=ltr><EM> <A href="http://occupyharvard.net/" target=_blank>http://occupyharvard.net/</A> </EM><EM> </EM></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" dir=ltr> [see The Atlantic article...]</DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><B style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"> </B><B><SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"> <U>*Public Hearing*</U> </SPAN>on an <SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important">application by <U>Harvard University</U></SPAN><U> </U>for <SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important">approval</SPAN></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><B><SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"> <U>to place nineteen (19) large panels<I> </I></U></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><U>along </U></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><U>the north fence of Harvard Yard</U>,</SPAN></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><B> opposite the Science Center, before the C<U>ambridge Historical Commission;</U></B></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><B> <U>Thursday, December 1, 6 p.m. (actual time of specific agenda item may vary)</U></B></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><SPAN style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><B> </B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 11px" class=ecxApple-style-span>Determination of Procedure: Alterations to Designated Properties </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 11px" class=ecxApple-style-span><B> Case 2806: Harvard Yard, by President & Fellows of Harvard College.</B></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 11px" class=ecxApple-style-span><B></B> Install up to 19 exhibit panels on the fence along the north side of the Yard between Bradstreet and Holworthy Gates.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <B>This coming Thursday evening, Dec. 1</B>, sometime during their monthly meeting which gets</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">underway <B>at 6 p.m. </B>(see the <B>"agenda"</B> link -- the time devoted to various items on the agenda</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">varies...), the <B>Cambridge Historical Commission</B> will conduct a <B>Public Hearing </B>on an</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>application by Harvard University</B> for <B><I>approval to place nineteen (19) large panels</I></B></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><I>along </I></B><B><I>the north fence of Harvard Yard, opposite the Science Center.</I></B></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </B><B style="FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"> </B><A href="http://www2.cambridgema.gov/Historic/legal_chc_current.pdf" target=_blank>http://www2.cambridgema.gov/Historic/legal_chc_current.pdf</A> <B style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px !important"> </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> These panels would be put up at the start of each semester and removed at the end.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">They would be controlled by the administration and would have some kind of allegedly "artistic"</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">content. Images, drawings and the written text of the application are available at the Historical</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Commission office in Central Square. (NB: The plans are <I>not </I>available online.)<I> </I>The photos in</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Harvard's "submission" are of a version of the kind of thing implemented recently along a fence</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">of the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. (O-o-o, la, la... Tres <I>chic, </I>n'est ce pas??)</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">[See also: <A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/d0ug/605595925/" target=_blank>http://www.flickr.com/photos/d0ug/605595925/</A> ]</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">[p.s. It looks a little better in Paris, oui? ;-)]</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <B>Huhmn... WHERE ARE THE PICTURES OF OCCUPY?</B></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><I> </I>1)<I> </I>These panels are quite large and would obscure the normal, customary, historic views of the Yard.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> 2) They would be installed, in part, along a narrow sidewalk which skirts the northeast periphery</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">of the Yard, which is already very treacherous for pedestrians as it is, as people recklessly race along</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">this stretch of sidewalk on their bikes.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> 3) This "project" may well have been in the works for some time, but approval for it is being</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">sought just when an important "Occupy" encampment -- part of a potentially<I> historically</I> significant,</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">global protest -- is underway,<I> just inside this very fence</I>, which protest would be even further obscured </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">than it already is from any public view or visibility, an important part of any meaningful protest of this</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">sort.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> 4) <B><I>The public have been unilaterally denied any access whatsoever to (historic) Harvard Yard,</I></B></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><I>for nearly </I></B><B><I>three weeks now.</I></B> <B>The Cambridge Historical Commission <I>have JURISDICTION</I> over<I> all</I></B></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><I>historic </I></B><B style="FONT-STYLE: italic">structures </B><B><I>in the western portion of Harvard Yard </I>(the Old Yard) <I>-- including the wall</I></B></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><I>and fence!</I></B></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><I><B> </B> </I>[See: <A href="http://www2.cambridgema.gov/Historic/oldcambridgehome.html" target=_blank>http://www2.cambridgema.gov/Historic/oldcambridgehome.html</A> ]</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><I></I></B> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><I> How can the Cambridge Historical Commission even begin to consider, much less countenance,</I></B></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><I>any proposal of this kind from Harvard while the university administration are continuing to deny</I></B></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><I>the </I></B><B><I>entire Cambridge and Massachusetts citizenry (and national and international </I></B><B><I>public) any</I></B></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><I>access whatsoever </I></B><B><I>to this historic </I></B><B><I>Yard and important civic protest?? </I>(And, of course, cut off</B></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>students, faculty, staff and especially occupiers from the rest of the community-at-large?)</B></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><I><BR></I></B></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><U>I SEE THIS AS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO USE LEVERAGE TO "<EM>REVERSE HARVARD'S LOCKDOWN</EM>."</U></B></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>NB: There is typically an opportunity for information questions from </B><B>the public at the public hearing,</B></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>followed by a more formal </B><B>public comment period</B><B>.</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B></B> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B> Hunhh... IS THAT A TENT CITY IN THERE?</B></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B> HOW DO I GET IN???</B></DIV>
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