Word: pandiscio
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...ever occurs, will not just be another excuse to avoid studying. According to Continental Cable, there are many possibilities with closed circuit, rang- ing from link-ups with MIT to satellitecoverage of events in Washington to live coverageof visiting dignitaries speaking at the KennedySchool of Government. And Alfred Pandiscio,associate director of telecommunicationsengineering services at Harvard says there is thepossibility that Harvard itself will be able tooriginate programs of its own. Perhaps one dayHarvard audiences will be able to watch housedrama productions, improvisational comedy shows,or the Crimson nightly news on T.V. without everleaving their rooms...
...Pandiscio said that Continental Cable iscurrently installing taps for cable servicethroughout the Harvard campus. Intended primarilyfor educational purposes, four taps will go toRadcliffe and 7 to ten will go to Harvard. Eachtap will provide access to strictlynon-entertainment services, but retain thecapacity to be easily upgraded to carryentertainment. As it stands now, however, none ofthese cable taps is slated to go into aresidential dorm...
...committee is "still raising lots of questions and we haven't had time to find many answers yet," Pandiscio says...
Harvard's chief cable liaison, Pandiscio, says he doubts there will be great demand in the houses for individual cable service, but students say they disagree...
Cable services could spread information and entertainment throughout the city and the university. However, important considerations of cost and demand "may prevent many of the committees' dreams from coming true," says Pandiscio...