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Were this turmoil merely a result of the course's heavy workload, there would be less cause for concern. But slow computer response time, not heavy workload, lies at fault. Poor course planning and a shortage of computers have combined to create a painful computer crunch. Imagine attending a lecture where the professor pauses for a minute after every sentence and you can begin to understand the terrible inefficiencies involved with working on Harvard's computers...
...University's computer problems have not escaped notice. Three weeks ago, in an extraordinary move, the Administrative Board extended the withdrawal deadline for students in AM110. And in an effort to alleviate the computer crunch, an assignment has been dropped from the AM110 syllabus. While welcome admissions that a problem exists, neither action did anything to relieve the causes of Harvard's computer crisis...
...anti-inflation stand. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns, who is now serving as Ambassador to West Germany, recently visited Vice President George Bush to make a plea to keep Volcker on the job. Burns based his case on the need for respected leadership in the ongoing international financial crunch. Said another Volcker fan: "These are dicey times. It's not the moment to bring in a neophyte...
...Pentagon has underestimated the costs of weapons now in the pipeline-and Spinney presents overwhelming evidence that they have-then the readiness crunch will be even worse. When the big bills come due, many of the overruns will likely be paid out of operations and maintenance funds. Under Secretary DeLauer has suggested that the military could cope with this by, for example, using the M-1 tank less extensively for maneuvers than the M60. "If the tanks are sitting around in a garrison, you're not going to spend that much," he says. But Major John Meyers, an Army...
Funderburk, who maintains that he has no plans to cut back the liberal arts, argues that the budget crunch forced economies in all areas and that the library bore its fair share. He has since secured $300,000 in additional funding for the library. "I shifted the emphasis to salaries and keeping as many people as I could," he says of his general philosophy. Indeed, under Funderburk, no one on the teaching staff has been laid off because of a lack of money. Funderburk claims that his efforts to strengthen the agriculture and engineering programs are simply a response...