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...according to Driskell, they did not cooperate with her plan to conduct a campus-wide survey intended to identify student concerns...
Computer scientists had been plagued for years by overheated transistors that regularly threatened to explode, and Moore had the solution. In 1968 he created a company to manufacture silicon devices which could conduct electricity without explosive side effects. He called the company Integrated Electronics...
...this one shouldn't have surprised anybody. Just like the government wanted him to, Jackson ordered up a two-way, 10-year split of Microsoft (one company for apps, one for the OS, and Bill Gates can only work at one of them) and a laundry list of "conduct remedies" for the meantime. Basically, the plan is that the Redmond boys check with their lawyers before going to the bathroom. It's the biggest antitrust decision since the 1984 AT&T splintering (which was by consent decree, not court order) and it's sure to have the rest...
...hurdle the Undergraduate Council faced early this year--after a bitter battle over the conduct of its vice president-elect--was one of credibility and redemption. Sadly, it seems, internal dissension and political squabbling on both sides have prevented the organization from meeting these challenges. Poor attendance and failed projects have led many students to view their "student government" with scorn and disdain. In short, the current state of the council is troubling...
Such quarrels can be extremely petty, as exemplified by the conduct of one council member who managed to destroy a discussion on council bylaws by stubbornly sticking to a "point of personal privilege" as members filed out of the room. Or it can ruin an already ill-fated project, like the council's "Spirit Week," designed to increase Harvard pride among the student body. Although it is hard to imagine any way the event could have been successful--it's hard to see what "Pajama Day" has to do with anything--the grumbling and complaining by council members left...