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...Levine said that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) will be exploring outside e-mail hosting options in the coming months as FAS works to “refurbish and upgrade the central FAS e-mail system.” “If Harvard would like [Google??s] services, we would be happy to provide them,” said Rajen Sheth, a product manager at Google. Google has “hundreds of schools” signed up for its ”Apps for Education” program, which supplies Gmail, Google Calendar...
Google last year launched “Google Print,” an initiative to digitize and make available online the vast holdings of the libraries of several major public and university libraries, including Harvard. Nevertheless, some publishers protested Google??s decision to digitize print works on the grounds of copyright infringement. Google, for its part, allowed publishers to instruct it which books not to scan at all. While we understand the concerns of the publishers, copyright laws are not meant as a means to keep information protected, but rather as a way to disseminate it justly, keeping...
...practices yoga, and wears hiking boots to work. Behold the founder and CEO of Whole Foods, Mecca for believers in organic foods, which was recently recognized as one of America’s most valuable companies according to BusinessWeek Magazine (and its stock multiple has at times surpassed even Google??s). But principles still come before profits in this natural food empire: Five percent of profits are donated to local communities and environmental causes; stockholders are given third priority behind customers and employees (who are lovingly called “team members?...
...However, our Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has displayed a shocking lack of long-term vision in its treatment of media information on campus; instead of the current policy of junking information—or failing to record it in the first place—FAS should follow Google??s steps and digitally preserve this incredibly valuable information. Although books have historically been the best way to store knowledge, they are by no means the only means, and FAS should take full advantage of the potential of digitalized media. After all, discussions and lectures by our professors...
...spans generations.But it’s a phenomenon that’s here to stay. So as we write and publish and speak our minds, we shouldn’t forget the lasting impact of our words. Court records, news stories, and senior theses all may soon be under Google??s watchful eye. At the very least, when we say things, as I have in this column, which may be seen by those to come, we should consider those who will be most affected. To my grandchildren, then, if you haven’t been admitted to this...