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...February 1 deadline set by the co-founders of People Switchboard for an administration decision on funding for next year has passed, and Daniel A. Gensler '72 and John M. Farago '72 have abandoned their positions as coordinators of the information and advising organization they established this fall...
Gensler and Farago had requested 58-10,000 to finance People Switchboard during the next academic year, and to pay the salary of a full-time coordinator. They have been trying since September to get some definite word from the administration on the future financial status of their project...
...longer working directly with the advising and information ends of People Switchboard," Gensler said yesterday...
...That is for short term experiments in educational innovation, and People Switchboard is not a short term experiment," Farago said. "Secondly, that money is very tight, and thirdly, People Switchboard is not an experiment in educational innovation. It has to do with improving advising within the University...
...People Switchboard, which is located in the basement of Stoughton Hall, has brought together resources for projects ranging from auto mechanics and the construction of geodesic domes to seminars in print media and women's studies. It has also collected extensive files on the interests of faculty and members willing to help students in areas not included in the course catalogue...