George Washington University - Cherry Tree Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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ment being made. The University as a whole has moved twice before choosing Foggy Bottom as its final resting place. But not only the superficial outer face of the campus has changed; most of the programs have been revised and the faculty has taken various different shapes. Many of us remember fondly our first experiences in GW’s experimental programs. These were single ex¬ perimental classes, or residential experimental pro¬ grams such as Politics and Values, or Utopian Ideals. For a long time to come I will remember my freshman year spent with a perhaps pretentious, but always fun, group in Politics and Values. Through my years here I have watched that class change and noticed the subtle shifts in focus and intensity. The Utopian Ideals program is gone now (as one friend said, “that is final proof that Utopias can’t really work”), an experiment left behind. It is somewhat ironic that, as in the real world, the Utopian Ideals program was replaced with a program on Computers in Society—another example of the technologi- calization of our society. The faculty and Administration have also changed. The new academic year will present us with a new Dean of Columbian College, a new Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs, a new head librarian, and a new Vice President for Academic Affairs. To those who have left us we can only bid good luck and ask some forgiveness for any undue pains we caused by storming into your office to rearrange our lives. But what about being a student here at GW? This is perhaps the most far-ranging question. Because of the Dave Rifkind Bill Smith 22 G.W.U.

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