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...unwise because of the inherent instability of these kinds of communities. Student organizations lose their appeal with time, as their leadership and priorities change, and high school friends grow apart in college. Strong House communities are vital because they are a safety net—when students can profit from the acquaintance and friendship of hundreds of housemates, their chances of emerging safely from the collapse of friendships or changes in activities increase dramatically...
Thus, once freshmen moved into their Houses, they would profit from the stronger community created by pre-assignment. It would be possible, for example, for a newly-minted sophomore to walk into her House dining hall and actually recognize her neighbors. Without pre-assignment, such a tight-knit atmosphere is a fantasy...
...separate speech to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences yesterday, the outgoing president said the University “is beginning to take some steps” in the formation of a Harvard institute dedicated to developing methods of evaluating and improving the performance of government, non-profit, and private-sector global health initiatives. School of Public Health officials were unavailable for comment yesterday. According to a copy of his prepared remarks released to The Crimson, Summers said he looks forward to a “mutually valuable partnership with a substantial two-way flow of students, faculty...
...coursepacks has spiraled out of control. Allan Powell, general manager at the Coop, says that Harvard undergraduates have spent over $700,000 on coursepacks this year at the Coop alone. But don’t blame the distributors for high prices: After the Coop’s rebate, the profit margin on coursepacks is negligible. Coursepacks are expensive because the copyright royalties for articles quickly add up. When you also factor in commercial printing costs, it’s not unusual for a coursepack to cost over $100—as we know all too well. There is reason...
...embrace of mobile phones--about 65% of the population are subscribers--has far outpaced efforts to keep what we do with them private. That has cleared the way for a cottage industry devoted to exploiting phone numbers, calling records and even the locations of unsuspecting subscribers for profit. A second business segment is developing applications like anonymous traffic monitoring and employee tracking. It's not just the con artists who are a worry. Every new mobile-phone technology, even a useful, perfectly legal one, comes with unintended privacy concerns...