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...first-years agonize through the last few weeks of making that fateful decision, some help, at least, is on the way. Following a proposal by Undergraduate Council President Paul A. Gusmorino ’02, the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) and other pieces of the College administration are in the planning stages of a Web portal for concentrations. In his draft proposal, Gusmorino accurately notes that “in choosing a concentration, students are asked—perhaps for the first time ever—[to] choose between two or more deeply held interests in a serious...
Anonymous reports, sent back to University Hall, would provide a dramatic portrait of what it is like to move, year by year, through Harvard concentrations. Gusmorino has suggested that “mini-essays” from concentrators and information from senior surveys should be included in the proposed concentration CUE guide, but it seems the whole proposal is stuck in an early planning stage. This project should be a serious priority, with a budget to staff it over the summer, just like the CUE’s course guide. Maybe then all the stereotypes can be dismissed?...
Council President Paul A. Gusmorino `02 said this sort of privatization—allowing non-council members to work for groups that are under the council’s oversight—may become more common in the future...
...We’ll see how this works out,” Gusmorino said. “But we might end up doing this with things like UC Books...
Like UKA, this is an issue each House must decide for itself, Gusmorino says, and the proposal will likely have to be sold--also like UKA--to one Master at a time...