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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The '80s were a time of retrenchment for the University, as many a frustrated student activist has noted. The big changes--the "non-merger merger" with Radcliffe, the creation of the Core Curriculum, the opening of the Kennedy School of Government--had all been made by the time 1980 rolled...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Harvard in the Eighties ...350 and Counting | 12/16/1989 | See Source »

It is perhaps fitting that the biggest event of the decade was the ostentatious party Harvard threw for itself on the occasion of its 350th birthday in 1986. Prince Charles and luminaries of all stripes were on hand for the week-long festivities in September, as were angry protesters, who...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Harvard in the Eighties ...350 and Counting | 12/16/1989 | See Source »

A few of the issues were resolved. But the majority faded into semi-oblivion.

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Harvard in the Eighties ...350 and Counting | 12/16/1989 | See Source »

The Dickinsons "were looking to buy prestige in Boston...Joanne [Dickinson] posed the interests [sic] bluntly, `Charles and I need an identity. We can not very well say we are philanthropists at cocktail parties. We want to be affiliated with Harvard, and we want to invest in something stimulating and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard in the Eighties ...Comings and Coings | 12/16/1989 | See Source »

A line from the the movie "Revenge of the Nerds" said that nerds were better lovers, because while all jocks thought about was sports, all nerds talk about is sex. In a lecture Wednesday, Widerman told three nerds and geeks listeners--who recently proclaimed on television's "People Are Talking...

Author: By Johanna B. Berkman, | Title: Life as a Jock Nerd | 12/16/1989 | See Source »

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