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...Radcliffe correspondent for The Crimson her freshman year, Priscilla B. Potter ’61 witnessed the debate over integrating Harvard and Radcliffe organizations reach its pinnacle during the 1957-1958 academic year, after surfacing in University Hall the previous year...
Before the Undergraduate Council’s (UC) founding in 1982, one of the crowning achievements of previous student governments at Harvard had been securing free toilet paper for residents of the River Houses. As the College’s first officially recognized and funded student government, the UC exercised powers unknown to its predecessors...
...transformation did not go unnoticed by the student body. In the fall of 1982, more than 200 students competed for 89 UC seats. In contrast, during the Student Assembly’s final semester the previous spring, only a little over half of the assembly’s 90 seats were filled. Attendance was so low at the organization’s last meeting in April that attendees did not meet the quorum necessary for the government to disband itself...
...Though Corning’s financial position was strong throughout the 1990s, its fortunes dropped sharply following the end of the dot-com boom when the company’s large investments in optical communications soured. As the stock fell to just five percent of its previous value, Corning’s board turned to their trusted leader to revive the company, even though he had been retired for six years...
...project came on the heels of a study commissioned the previous spring that recommended consistent maintenance and repair to preserve the historic buildings, which, until the 50th anniversary of the undergraduate House system in 1981, had not received either. The neglect of the Houses was apparent in the overheated rooms, poor plumbing, and peeling paint, The Crimson reported...