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...Harvard ID is an often overlooked but essential mark of studenthood and privilege. The cards have been around for at least the last four decades, and were most likely in use during the World War I and II. With the advent of the magnetic stripe and the electronic card card-reader, the humble ID card has been transformed into the powerful and ubiquitous "Swipey Card," allowing Harvard students to access every manner of building, library, photocopier and snack food with a simple swipe. FM recently spoke with Dave Wamback, of Harvard University Identification and Data Services, who explained the complexity...
Horn's permanence paradigm just doesn't cut it anymore. It's not that her friends are in a state of denial about the passing of their studenthood; they just have a better grasp on the realities of today's marketplace--which isn't surprising, since they're real people, while Horn is, after all, just a student...
...suppose it is all part of growing up, but it seems to me that studenthood should be put on a kind of probationary basis in which noisy thought outside of the three R's should be manditorily forbidden until graduation. Students should be allowed to congregate only at pep meetings and athletic events for their own protection...
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