The computer systems have undergone numerousmajor upgrades to cope with the increased trafficand load. Also, the support staff for the FASComputer Services has more than doubled during thelast four years to meet the rising demand,according to Osterberg.

Lewis says the increased dependence onnetworked computers has created high expectationsfor graduating seniors.

"I wonder if [this class] will be able toadjust to the cruel outside world of 56K modemsand [Internet service] that you actually have topay for," Lewis wrote in, of course, an e-mailmessage.

Millenial Urgency

The universality of e-mail for the lastgraduating class of the 1900s is symbolic for atransitionary class that has always had its eye onthe future.

"The class of '99 has always embraced amillenial mission," Rawlins says. "We are on theedge of a new century and we are filled with theurgency that comes with that."

Harvard, too, seems filled with urgency. Thenumber of major changes experienced by the classof '99 has led to the sense, says Pacheco, ofbeing "slapped around by the University a lot."

Elizabeth S. Drogin '99, a Radcliffe classmarshal, says the policy revisions witnessed bythe class of '99 affected its outlook.

"We were the class that things were tested on,"she says. "There is a sense that we're a specialclass.