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...Until the early 1980s—before the introduction of personal computers—Harvard exclusively provided centralized computing to students and faculty. Richard P. Draves ’85, now a research area manager at Microsoft, remembers, “There were these rooms of terminals in the basement of the Science Center.” The central machine was a VAX 11/780. “It was not a very fast processor,” Draves recalls, “and [at any given time] it was being shared among about 50 students...
...According to Draves, the majority of students who used computers at Harvard relied on this central system for any coursework that required a computer. Computer memory, however, was in short supply: “this machine had about four megabytes of memory,” says Draves. “You know, your phone has more than four megabytes...
...difficulties of central computing began to drive students to the convenience of owning their own machines. Eventually, a growing interest in personal computing led to the formation of the Harvard Computer Society. According to current president Josh. A. Kroll ’09, the club was formed in 1983 as a response to student demand. “One of the club’s early duties was as a collective for purchasing computer hardware at a discount,” Kroll wrote in an e-mail to The Crimson...
...Moreover, China’s awakening is especially worrying to its East Asian neighbors, several of whom possess or can quickly develop nuclear deterrents. As a precaution, many have already formed military pacts and strengthened their security apparatuses. India countered China’s growing sequence of bases in Central Asia and the Pacific Rim by accelerating its own production of a blue-water navy and enhancing security ties with the U.S., France, Russia, and Japan. A mutual fear of China also prompted former adversaries South Korea and Japan to start a symbiotic relationship on defense issues...
...been heavy, and more will be arriving in the fall. Beyond token town hall meetings, more student input must be taken into account when cuts to student life and services are made in the future. In addition, having expanded dramatically over the last ten years, Harvard’s central administration—the very people that are deciding the school’s financial future—must be willing to make cuts to their own bureaucracy along with everything else. This process will not be enjoyable, and life at Harvard will be dramatically different, but our priorities...