Asian-American Association: the group for Asian-Americans at Harvard. The AAA works on recruitment and throws frequent parties in the Leverett dining hall.

Gay Student Association: a way to escape from a mad, straight world. The GSA provides fellowship, rap sessions and dances in Phillips Brooks House.

Mountaineering Club:... or how to get high.

Radcliffe Union of Students: a holdover to preserve Radcliffe identity. This is where the $5 each undergraduate woman is assessed goes, to finance individual projects and groups at Harvard and Radcliffe. If you are a Radcliffe student, you are automatically a member of RUS.

LOTS OF HARVARD STUDENTS write. In fact, most of them just love to gaze at their own printed words, so they write on an on. For those sybarites of the polysyllabic, these are the Harvard-Radcliffe publications.

The Independent: the weekly paper. The Indy mainly covers the major issues on campus, and generally has about two in-depth pieces, a page of news briefs, and pleasant reviews. It was conceived in 1969 by Harvard alumni and professors as an alternative to the more leftist Crimson, and its contents are middling to conservative.

The Advocate: America's oldest college publication. In a cozy building behind Kirkland House, artsy intellectuals gather around a big table to determine what poetry, prose and graphics will fill the quarterly. The quality of the contributions is erratic--some are outstanding. But the Advocate's reputation as the best party-giver on campus offsets its tough comps.

Seventh Sister: feminist paper written entirely by women. This paper has a generally angry tone, sometimes justified but often overblown.

Harvard Political Review: Gov major territory. This quarterly analyzes current political issues and solicits reviews from major political figures.

The Lampoon: the droll organization that brought you the Crimson parody earlier this summer. It was actually one of their best efforts.

The Crimson: the University daily. A lot of Harvard people are critical of the Crimson, but it does offer most students their best opportunity for daily reporting and writing.

WHRB: 95.3 on your FM dial. From rock to Rachmaninoff to r&b, HRB plays "orgies," hours of the work of almost any artist, and schedules some offbeat programming like "Hillbilly at Harvard."

Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club: erstwhile managers of the Loeb Theater. The Drama Club may lose some clout this year when Robert Brustein, formerly of the Yale Repertory Theater, takes over, but no one is sure just how their relationship will develop.

H-R Hillel: Hillel just spent hundreds of thousands of dollars renovating. Not only does Hillel provide fellowship, it has the only kosher kitchen and some of the best food on campus.

H-R Catholic Student Center: servers of big spaghetti dinners. The Catholic Center sponsors get-togethers throughout the year, and they're generally enthusiastic.