New Nightclub Hits Harvard Yard

There is a new addition to Harvard's social scene. It's called The Spot, and it's the closest thing to a New York City dance club you'll find in the Harvard Yard.

The two-week-old nightclub, started by Jeremy S. Pam '92, is open every Thursday night in Dudley House's Lehman Hall, and while admission is open, it is being billed as a private party to circumvent the complicated process involved in staging a campus-wide event.

"I want to provide a place to go on Thursday nights to hear good music and get live," said Pam, who has dee-jayed professionally for three years. "I am placing emphasis on sound and music quality because I want this to be as good as any club one could go to-judging from what I've seen so far, I think it is."

Because of campus regulations, The Spot will not serve alcohol. Pam said that some students complained about this policy but that he did not think it would detract from the popularity of the nightclub.

"We don't want to worry about alcohol," said Pam. "We want to play good music--that's my concern."

Dudley House officials, who sponsored the event, said turnout on the October 12th opening night was impressive. Grant said that by midnight more than 200 people had crowded the building in the corner of the Yard.

To help get The Spot off the ground, Dudley's masters and the House Committee contributed $200 to cover costs on opening night.

"We were happy to support his initiative," said Co-Master Cynthia R. Hanson. "Jeremy felt that the Harvard campus needed a place for students to dance. We thought this sounded like an interesting thing to try."

Pam said that because of The Spot's private party status he is not allowed to put up posters advertising the club. Instead, he said, he advertises by distributing passes for the nightclub.

To fund the club, Pam says admission will be charged starting this week. "At this point, we're charging $2 before 11 p.m., and $3 after--this encourages people to come early."

Dewolfe St. Lot Clean-up Started

Toxic waste clean-up began this week at the Harvard owned lot on Dewolfe St., across from Quincy House, officials said yesterday.

The waste, which was declared low-level toxic by a state commission earlier this year, is thought to come from heating oil used in homes which stood on the site a few years ago.

There was some oil found there, but it's being removed according to [Department of Environmental Protection] regulations," said Marilyn Lyng O'Connell, co-director of the Office for Government and Community Affairs. "There was speculation it was heating oil."