Word: concepts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cannot provide service to the outlying areas because of the time and distance involved. To transport to Boston, Arlington, Brighton or Brookline is unreasonable under our present concept of not duplicating a taxi service...
Bush acknowledged he originally had opposed the concept of a getacquainted meeting, favoring instead a well-planned meeting with assurances of concrete results...
...also question the "video camera" concept. Unfortunately, the "start up costs" would not be the only costs of such a system. Video cameras break at a finite frequency, and about 150 cameras would have to be functioning for the undergraduate community alone. Furthermore, the cameras are worthless unless they are taping. Harvard would be required to maintain a small army of technicians not only to keep the cameras working, but also to to change and store the tapes...
Third, I have bones to pick with the 24-hour Science Center guard concept. Because of the volume of daytime traffic, deliveries and classes, a 24-hour guard would be worthless. As an alternate suggestion, I suggest that the guards be posted at about 3:30, when maintenance people generally start to leave and the building becomes quieter...
...fact, nothing is wrong with the basic concept of a door-to-door escort service. Properly run, it provides transportation for students exactly when they need it, without forcing them to walk long distances...