But Cooke says that not all groups needtraditional office space. She says the 36 lockersfor group storage in Loker Commons offer somegroups a "movable office" which, in conjunctionwith the adjacent seminar rooms, can serve theneeds of some groups.
Cooke says there is a plan in the works toduplicate this locker system in the basement ofHarvard Hall.
Give Me Some Space
Despite the College's best attempts atstretching the existing supply of space to meet anever-increasing demand, many student leaders feelit needs to do more.
Many students, including Upadhyay, haveadvocated the construction of a new multiculturalcenter to provide a home for ethnic and culturalgroups.
Stewart suggests that even if theadministration rejects the idea of a multiculturalcenter, it should consider creating space forgroups in one way or another.
"I think on a very superficial level, there arebasements that can always be renovated," she says."[But] the fact is, Harvard has to accept theinevitable conclusion that it will have to build astudent center."
Without a new building, she says, "No matterhow many basements we renovate, no matter how manypartitions we put up, we'll never be able to meetthe need of the exploding student organizations oncampus."
--Rosalind S. Helderman '01 contributed tothe reporting of this story.