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...Rugby Championship game against the University of Colorado in the spring of 1984—an accomplishment that has never been repeated.“The whole run to the national championships not only caught the university by surprise, it caught us by surprise...All of a sudden, we didn??t have a budget,” said George L. Askew ’85, who was a junior on the winning team. “We weren’t the most popular—that’s an understatement.”Having never...
...policy in a way hadn’t really paid attention to that issue,” said University Professor Sidney Verba ’53, who was the associate dean for Undergraduate Education at the time. “There was a time when that whole notion didn??t even exist.”But in 1984, the University could no longer afford to ignore what seemed to be a growing problem. Students and staff began raising concerns that the Harvard’s sexual harassment procedures were inadequate, leaving female students, staff members and junior faculty...
...great ad because it didn??t actually tell you anything,” recalls Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis, “it just told you that it was coming.” Lewis was one of the first people at Harvard...
...They anonymously reported using them for activities ranging from “Expos,” to “studying Latin,” to “various calculations and experiments in math and physics courses, and in German, for learning vocabulary.” Others who didn??t own a computer seemed ready to make the purchase: one wrote, “Get me a Macintosh!” while another responded, “personal computers are the way to go!” One student who didn??t own a computer...
...about the American left: that it apparently “seemed surprised to learn that, contrary to previous reports, it did, in fact, still exist.” Although news reports tried to convince me that Republicans were in power, I saw very little Republican presence on campus, and didn??t know any personally. Although I would meet a few eventually, the political uniformity reinforced my notion of Harvard as a somewhat sheltered planet...