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...that front-loaded cadre of boomers born between 1946 and 1957, the last thing you want to hear is that you aren't going to have it your way anymore. After all, as Ralph Whitehead Jr., a public service professor at the University of Massachusetts says, "The baby boom was a self-absorbed generation, a generation that defined itself not through sacrifice as its parents had, but through indulgence...
...salad days of the bull market may now be but a warm memory; amid whispers that the technology boom is at an end, the technology-heavy NASDAQ stock index has retreated from its previously high levels. Yet dreams of electronic success still tempt many into investments--universities included. In recent months, the College has made significant steps to encourage students who wish to participate in the technology gold rush and start their own companies. The decision is praiseworthy, as Harvard should enable students to pursue their interests to the fullest extent compatible with its academic mission. However, Harvard should...
Given that the boom has lasted for years, it is surprising that Harvard's attitude toward student-run businesses seems to have reversed in a semester. In early February, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 proposed relaxing a policy prohibiting students from using dorm resources for commercial purposes. Three weeks later, administrators of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences confirmed the existence of a plan for an institute that would provide resources in high-tech entrepreneurship. Dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences Venkatesh "Venky" Narayanamurti has mentioned such possibilities for the institute as a high...
...early to say what role the technology boom will have in changing Harvard; the full effects will likely go far beyond entrepreneurship institutes, class websites or programs in distance education. However, it would be a great loss if the College, in an attempt to gain leadership in technology and to prepare students for commercial success after graduation, loses sight of its academic mission and full potential. Harvard must continue to keep these criteria in mind, no matter how sweet the silicon siren's call...
...building boom continued this year. A huge yellow crane towering over Widener Library greeted students returning in the fall. The Maxwell Dworkin building on Oxford Street, funded by donations from Microsoft leaders William H. Gates III, Class of 1977, and Steven A. Ballmer '77, was dedicated as a computer science center in October...