Undergraduate Council Secretary John F. Bash '03 provided a voice of optimism. A transfer from Columbia University, he said that advising here is far better.
At Columbia, Bash said, "you get far better advice in the back of a taxicab."
The Search for Space and Professors
Rudenstine said that in this era, it was impossible for Harvard not to partake in serious research.
"But I don't think the undergraduate College needs to suffer for that," he said. "If we can move some parts of Harvard over there [across the river] that will open up space for the College."
Rudenstine said he saw adding more professors to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as a top priority.
"It's the single most important issue in the College," he said.
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