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...free online, tries to capitalize (in a social, rather than financial, sense) on this idea.We likely won’t get to pick which parts of the Harvard experience are fundamentally delocalized by technology: progress has a way of nosing in wherever it can make things substantially more convenient??the subtle implications of the changes often going unnoticed until they’ve been observed carefully for quite some time. And further, those implications may in many regards be overwhelmingly positive. But lest we cave in some sense to the demands of the ever-growing Facebook group which...
...It’s no coincidence that in the Quad Houses, where the dining halls are rarely swarmed by the masses, there is a significantly increased feeling of House community. The roaming herds of anonymous first-years do little to enhance such a feeling in the “convenient?? dining halls like Quincy, and they place an enormous burden on the dining hall staff trying to keep pace with their appetites and dirty dishes...
Conversely, abandoning barriers to free exchange expands the domestic and international pies of economic output. Broad majorities of both Republicans and Democrats recognize the benefits of global trade—as does the Bush administration, when it’s politically more convenient??which is why the United States has been a strong defender of the WTO since its founding eight years ago. But if America selectively flouts the WTO rulings with which it happens to disagree, it will seriously undermine the free trade rules the intergovernmental institution has assiduously forged over the years. Moreover, disrespecting international institutions...
...even sliding hours forward a half hour would alleviate some of the rush and thus the crowding at little or no additional cost to the University. If Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) Executive Director Ted A. Mayer is serious about making dining “convenient?? and “comforting” as he writes on the HUDS website, dinner hours should be changed and interhouse restrictions lessened at least. If not, I’ll just have to stock up on Cup-Noodles...
Additional research is needed on the impact of social norms marketing before it is taken up by more colleges. In the meantime, colleges need to adopt approaches that are more comprehensive—even if less convenient??to curb the problem of heavy drinking. These approaches should also address the supply of alcohol by limiting high volume sales and low price promotions of alcohol around colleges...