Dean Rosovsky may have balanced his budget, but it looks as if tuition is going up again anyway.

Although no one is saying how much they think tuition will increase, Robert E. Kaufmann '62, assistant dean for financial affairs, told a meeting of the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life just before vacation that total costs could rise by as much as 8 per cent. Tuition probably will rise by the same amount, although the final decision will not be made until the Corporation votes on the matter in early February.

Stocks and Bonds

For the first time since the founding of the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR), the election of its undergraduate member drew more than minimal attention.

Julie E. Fouquet '80, who will represent the undergraduate student body in the ACSR, said she will support the position of the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee regarding U.S. investments in South Africa.

Fouquet will try to persuade the four faculty, four alumni, and three other students (not undergraduates) on the committee that Harvard should divest its holdings in banks lending money to the South African government, and vote for the with-drawal from South Africa of other companies in which it holds stocks.

Money Matters

A 1976 audit of the School of Public Health (SPH) by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) revealed the improper allocation of federal research funds to cover the salaries of employees in three SPH departments, a recently obtained internal SPH faculty memo shows.

The evidence supports former associate professor of nutrition Dr. Phin Cohen's charges that the SPH misused federal research funds--charges that HEW is currently investigating.

Veritas

Harvard was going to host the U.S. Women's International Swim Meet last week, but even the best laid plans... The new swimming pool was not finished in time, so the entire meet--replete with Harvard flags and other veritas insignia--moved down to Brown, in Providence, R.I.

Frosh Athletes

Freshmen athletes will be eligible for all varsity teams except football and crew, following a recent decision by the Ivy League Policy Committee to reform freshman eligibility rules.

Harvard administrators said this week they tried to resist the change because they believe it will increase athletic competition among freshmen, making it harder for them to adjust to college life.

While the elimination of freshman teams may make it harder for less talented freshmen to play, it may increase the Ivy League's ability to recruit high school stars, the administrators said.

But most observers of the Harvard sports scene agreed this week that the new ruling probably won't change Harvard athletics all that much. Except for basketball, where freshmen will be able to participate for the first time, there isn't likely to be any real change in team composition.

Track and baseball have permitted freshmen for several years, and football and crew aren't going to admit them. So what's new?