Word: progressive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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EVEN at Harvard traditions must be run over by the wheels of progress. The recent decision to ban beer kegs from Freshman dorms shows that University officials recognize this need for change. Such ancient undergraduate rites of passage as playing Donkey Kong by rolling empty kegs down the stairs of Weld Hall or maneuvering through 30 people crammed into a Holworthy bathroom around the keg in the shower will not be remembered, let alone missed by future Harvard students...
...idea," squelched suspicions that the 53-year-old chairman's authority might be eroding along with IBM's profits. Says Steven Milunovich, who follows the computer industry for the First Boston investment firm: "Akers wants to teach this elephant how to dance, and he was growing impatient with its progress...
...There's a wide range of issues we can discuss," Mandery said. Council representatives could make concrete progress with the Corporation on such issues as the need for a revised tenure policy and the possibility of a student center, Mandery said...
Council members who met with the Corporationlast year said they were not optimistic about theprospects for breakthroughs on areas of studentconcern at this spring's meeting. "I'm a littleskeptical what progress, if any, we could make,"said Council Representative Amy B. Zegart '89, whomet with the Corporation last year...
Sarkisian described the second type of section as a "mentored cluster" of five students who will hold discussions independently. A teaching fellow will keep close tabs on their progress and meet with them occasionally, she said...