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...hate it when anything is limited at Harvard," Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 wrote in an e-mail message. "It is so hard to get in to this place, all students should have access to everything without a further selection process, except of course by prerequisites and the knowledge needed to participate usefully...
...even if the latter don't shine as brightly in the classroom. This, I think, is the rationale behind many individuals' peculiar distaste for final clubs and similar organizations at Harvard. It's not the exclusivity of such groups that bothers people, it's the fact that they allow access to a large network of individuals who can help them out in the real world. It gives members a leg up in the connection game and thus a significant advantage in getting jobs or other favors. This taps into people's dislike of the "who you know" axiom, and they...
...HASCS will continue to work on improvements to the system. Every few years, they upgrade the central processing units (CPU) on their main computers, which are the computer chips responsible for the speed of actual processing. Pine mail should be faster, and access to e-mail through programs like Eudora and Outlook should also increase in speed...
...potential for problems is large," said Franklin M. Steen, director of Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) computer services. Still, since students can only watch one lecture at a time, the maximum access is limited...
...challenge is maintaining security without preventing access, Steen explained. Harvard does not have a 'firewall' protecting its system, a technology that would restrict any computers outside of the system, because this would harm the usefulness of the system. Most universities do not use firewalls for the same reason--to maximize access and usefulness...