The group tabled for several days this fall in each of the dining halls, asking people to sign up their own or their friends' rooms.

The crew from AgitProp is now in the middle of the months-long process of looking at rooms and interviewing the artists themselves.

"Some people have great stories to tell," she said. "What's good is the history behind the room, not the room itself."

The following descriptions and photographs come from but one of Weisman's cross-campus quests to find Harvard's most captivating rooms and to hear the tales of their interior decorators.

Sign Language

A visit to the Claverly Hall room of Eliot F. Pratt '94, reveals walls covered by a myriad of street signs and an extensive beer bottle collection.

"We filled up every space over every door" with bottles arranged by their country of origin, Pratt says.

In addition, signs collected from road-sides across the country include a stop sign, "Slow Children," "Tow Zone," "No Parking," "Clear Fire Lane" and, to continue the saloon theme, the front of a Heineken keg and bar mirror.

Finally, one wall features architectural surveys taken from a professor's office and another displays an army regiment's "Don't Tread on Me" flag.

The room also has large windows which face Linden Street--making the room a showcase.

"What I love about this room is that you can see everything from the outside," Weisman says.

Bottle Music

Yet another worldly beer bottle collection surfaces in the Mather House room of Michael A. Theriault '94, Allen J. Baler '94, Marsh Gardiner '95 and Mike Levy '94.

Their bottles fill the entire common room window which looks out onto the courtyard--acting as an artificial shade--as well as several shelves in the room.

"Each one of the beers represents a six-pack we've all drunk," Theriault says.