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When the genius that proposed that Harvard social life leaves something to be desired made his or her groundbreaking discovery, the College attempted to respond to this problem in a all-too-typically “Harvard” way: by doing some research and hiring an administrator. When Harvard instituted the position of fun czar—officially called the Campus Life Fellow—as a coordinator for large-scale campus social events, the media and blog response was a flurry of derision. Were Harvard students so uptight that they needed to have fun despotically imposed upon them...
...main problem with recording lectures is that it encourages students to skip class. Missing an hour of instruction here and there is not uncommon, but it is not something that should be countenanced. Once reproduced, students become far more willing to sleep through a given lecture—or to forgo course attendance entirely. Some students even use the online availability of these videos to determine their schedule. Many professors who teach in rooms with the capacity to record lectures choose not to do so for this very reason...
Selsby blames the “problem areas” of wireless on areas of “extreme traffic” rather than poor design or FAS IT’s intent...
Kroll added that some of the problem may be due to the fact that Harvard apparently doesn’t own enough network addresses to accommodate all the students that want access to the network. “My suggestion is that Harvard try to buy some from MIT,” Kroll said...
...said that FAS IT, in addition to holistic renovation, usually tackles problem area by problem area based on student calls...