Instead, FAS renegotiated a lease on Byerly Hall with Radcliffe--then still a college. The lease has now been extended so that the admissions office can remain in the building until Jan. 1, 2006.

But FAS is paying rent for use of Byerly, and time on the lease is running out--Acting Dean of the Radcliffe Institute Mary Maples Dunn, has indicated the College's current contract for Byerly is most likely its last.

"The sooner Dean Knowles makes a move, the more I'll like it," she says. "He's guaranteed a time in Byerly to help him discover a [different] space."

And a renovated Hemenway might be just the place for admissions after the Radcliffe Institute takes over Byerly.

Located in an area close to the Yard with plenty of trees and grass, Hemenway has all the attributes of a good admissions office location.

"It's easily found, a nice location and its a safe environment. Those are a lot of redeeming qualities," Zewinski says.

Though a renovated Hemenway would be too small to house the admissions offices of both the College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Marlyn McGrath Lewis, director of undergraduate admissions and financial aid, says there's no need for the two offices to be together.