This was a far cry, however, from the 1969 occupation of University Hall by a group of protesters, Brandenburg says.

On the whole, Friedman calls the present group of undergraduates more motivated than the people with whom he went to school.

"Today's undergraduates are vastly better trained and brighter, as well as being more motivated, than those in my class," he says.

Tremendous change has also occurred at Harvard/Radcliffe Hillel, says Feldman, an active member as an undergraduate and today.

While she had trouble finding the Hillel as a first-year, since it was located at the "backwater of the University" near the Divinity School, today it is centrally located on Mt. Auburn St.

Attitudes and visibility have changed not just for Jewish students, she says. "There is much more sympathy and empathy for all ethnic groups today."

And Looking Back on Their Undergraduate Years, They Say Harvard in the '90s Has Changed Much Since the '60s