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...been touched or bid on in over a month. The Harvard Computer Society (HCS) fielded their own similar marketplace site some years ago but it has disappeared in all but name from their web site. This leaves Student Exchange, part of www.harvardsec.org’s HouseSYSTEM, which has something like 600 books and a few other knickknacks listed for sale (without commission)—a formidable number until you notice that the vast majority of the listings date back to the beginning of first semester. I’d like to see this become more popular?...
...HouseSYSTEM is much more than an online flea market. It’s a mishmash of attractively implemented and well-intentioned services, each unfortunately underutilized. Among these, CriticalMass was heralded last year as a CUE-Guide replacement that would allow students to express their true feelings about their courses. Apparently most people feel apathetic: the most recent posts I could find dated back to last July. The site’s online message board, which would provide a virus-free and unrestricted alternative to House lists, also has yet to take off. Rounding out the services offered, the events calendar...
Aaron J. Greenspan ’05, who created houseSYSTEM, an exchange website at Harvard, said that the wesbite promotes illegal behavior...
...Social Enterprise Club was founded in April 1999 to promote awareness about “combining business and social objectives.” The Student Entrepreneurship Council, founded in 2002, seeks to promote entrepreneurship among Harvard students and has also designed and implemented houseSYSTEM, a new online portal for the upperclass Houses...
Steen said the HASCS e-mail did not specify houseSYSTEM as the potential source of risk because the College’s decision in the case was still pending...