HSA 65th Anniversary Book

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FEBRUARY 1, 1993 –
JANUARY 31, 1994
A new crest logo debuts
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FEBRUARY 1, 1994 –
JANUARY 31, 1995
Let’s Go’s exponential
growth continues
PRESIDENT
Martin
Escobari
OFFICES
Thayer Hall B
53A Church St.
1 Story St.
HARVARD
STUDENT
AGENCIES
HSA decamped to 53A Church St. in May.
Around the corner at 1 Story St., Publishing
and Sales Group were joined by Distribution
and Type and Graphics, which introduced
graduation announcements to the senior class.
Anne Chisholm and Cynthia Lingley became
Assistant General Managers, Catering had its
inaugural summer barbecue season, and the
Union store was renamed “The Crib.”
To display its connection to the university and
bring its mission statement to life in pictoral
The FY94 management team.
form, HSA designed a new shield logo in 1993.
Three open books across the top spell out “VE RI TAS,” and three quills stand upright in the base. The first
represents a writer’s implement and the academic pursuits of the students of HSA, the second symbolizes
the ancient recording instrument of accounting and the business aspects of HSA, and the third denotes the
goods and services provided by HSA to the university, the community, and the world.
Twenty books! Let’s Go: Thailand finally became reality, Let’s Go: Ireland
quaffed Guinness on its own, and Let’s Go: Austria struggled to meet its
contracted length of 430 pages. (The final version included 108 pages of
General Introduction and a 30-page appendix that listed a recipe for pig
knuckles and how to say “liver dumpling broth” in German, Hungarian,
and Czech.) Photographs graced the new neon-yellow covers, and Let’s
Go provided its first scholarships to RWs on financial aid. No fewer
than 361 students applied for the 95 RW positions; the total office
staff numbered 44. The Unofficial Guide digitized onto CD-ROM with
help from a struggling tech company called Apple Computer, Inc.
The CD, billed as “the first
electronic book produced by
Harvard students,” included
QuickTime videos and
searchable content.
53A Church St.
PRESIDENT
Lucienne
Lester
OFFICES
53A Church St.
1 Story St.
HARVARD
STUDENT
AGENCIES
Volume I, Number 1 of The Entrepreneur, HSA’s alum
newsletter, landed in mailboxes around the world.
Despite the existence — finally! — of natural light
in the new offices, talk of a fundraising campaign and
permanent home surfaced. Out-House Testing matured
into its own agency and disseminated spreadsheet fun
in a course on Excel. Distribution provided a coupon
book to the discount-craving student masses. HSA ran
the Currier House Grill and rescued many a resident
from the agony of late-night hunger.
Generations of students cried out in unison when the
university announced it would gut the Freshman Union
and turn it into the Barker Center. Long plagued by
poor fiscal health, the Union store was finally put out
of its misery. HSA’s second-oldest agency (1958–1994)
closed its doors forever on August 19.
As Let’s Go began to look less like a student rag
and more like a full-fledged publishing company —
complete with in-house designers, publicists, and legal
readers — Publishing Director Peter Keith ’94, JD ’99,
realized his baby needed the resources to match. Under
his reforms, salaries were raised, Associate Editors were
given more prominent roles, and Managing Editors
acquired specialized roles in fields like production and
finance. More than 100 RWs traveled the world, and
two employees shaved their heads during a summer
staff meeting. On the shelves, Let’s Go: Eastern Europe
joined the gang to make 21. The Official Harvard Student
Agencies Bartending Course appeared in its second
edition for the next wave of aspiring mixologists.
The FY95 management team.
The 1995 Let’s Go staff.
LET’S GO TITLES
• Europe
• Britain & Ireland
• France
• Italy
• USA & Canada
AGENCIES
• Linen
• Publishing
• Catering
• Greece & Turkey
• Israel & Egypt
• California & Hawaii
• Alaska & the Pacific
Northwest
• Spain & Portugal
• Mexico
• Travel
• The Campus Store
• Harvard Student Resources
• New York City
• London
• Washington, D.C.
• Germany & Switzerland
• Austria
• Paris
• Rome
• Union
• Harvard Distribution
Services
• Ireland
• Thailand
OTHER TITLES
• The Unofficial Guide to Life
at Harvard
• Sales Group
• Type and Graphics
LET’S GO TITLES
• Europe
• Britain & Ireland
• France
• Italy
• USA & Canada
• Greece & Turkey
AGENCIES
• Linen
• Publishing
• Catering
• Israel & Egypt
• California
• Alaska & the Pacific
Northwest
• Spain & Portugal
• Mexico
• New York City
• Travel
• The Campus Store
• Harvard Student Resources
• London
• Washington, D.C.
• Germany
• Austria & Switzerland
• Paris
• Rome
• Ireland
• Union
• Harvard Distribution
Services
• Thailand
• Eastern Europe
OTHER TITLES
• The Unofficial Guide to Life
at Harvard
• The Official Harvard Student
Agencies Bartending Course
• Sales Group
• Type and Graphics
• Out-House Testing
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