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...selection. No one denies that Greenspan is one of the most powerful people in the world today. (In a previous column, I compared his influence to that of International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch, well before Greenspan's selection was announced.) But no one seems terribly excited to hear Greenspan either. This is worrisome, given that the audience at the address-technically separate from Commencement exercises and instead the keynote speech at the annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association--is notoriously sparse, much like a Sanders Theatre lecture the day before break...
...fairness, I don't know what Alan Greenspan will say on June 10. Perhaps he will give a humorous or enlightening speech. Perhaps he will drone on and on about economic policy. I hope others in my class will return after the morning exercise, give him a chance and hear what he has to say. Let's just hope he doesn't say anything about sunscreen. Andrew S. Chang '99 is a neurobiology concentrator in Kirkland House. His column appears on alternate Wednesdays...
...When students hear that some departments don't meet to discuss the undergraduate programs, they are concerned," Seton said. "The perception from the student side is that the College and the undergraduate population is a long way down the ladder of importance...
...Heck's former students, Christopher F. Nguyen '99, said he was overjoyed to hear that Heck had received tenure...
...very intelligent and capable professor," Nguyen said. "But I hear that he's at the top of his field. People say that he is one of the top philosophers of his generation...