Word: turnoveritis
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There were too many frustrating losses such as the 6-3 loss to Dartmouth, or the 20-13 loss to Cornell, when Harvard fumbled on its first play after forcing a turnover at the Big Red 13-yard line.
Harvard's e-mail problems rested at the intersection of two separate causes. The first problem was technical: Harvard's e-mail system was not designed to handle the high usage it constantly received. The other was that turnover in HASCS staff had prevented them from crafting and implementing a...
Staff turnover among HASCS's UNIX system managers, the people charged with managing and upgrading the network, compounded the technical problems.
"Turnover makes anything difficult," said Coordinator of Residential Support Rick Osterberg '96. "You lose your internal consistency when you bring new people in and they have to catch-up and we have to get used to their needs and our environment."
Of course, student groups are not known for their long-term planning ability, due to the quick turnover in their staff. But the council's Campus Life Committee's long-term mission of improving Harvard students' social lives should be reflected and demonstrated by equally long-term planning and implementation...