The unpleasant saga of two formerly Harvard-affiliated doctors convicted in 1981 along with a third colleague of gang-raping a nurse may finally drop out of the headlines. The former Harvard doctors--Arif Hussain and Eugene Sherry--learned in July that their six-month sentences had been upheld, as had an identical punishment for fellow defendant Alan Lefkowitz.
The case has attracted an extraordinary amount of media coverage because of dramatic courtroom testimony given by witnesses and because of the unusually light sentences the guilty doctors received. Sherry added to the circus-like excilement surrounding the various trials when he disappeared temporarily this summer, only to reemerge arguing that he should not be jailed because of a health condition. Finally, U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan recently became involved in the rape trial when he denied a personal appeal filed with his office by Hussain and Lefkowitz.
Campus Hijinx
On an altogether silly note, several male high schoolers at the summer session did their best to uphold the fine traditions of Camp Harvard by opening a women's leg shaving service in their Weld Hall suite. The Weld Penthouse Shaving Society was founded on the premise that some female students were "too lazy" to take care of the job themselves, and it was apparently well-received by amused Weld women. One shaver said that he and his associates had provide their non-pront service to at least 20 customers.
Not even cracking a smile, summer school administrators closed down the operation as soon as they heard about it. They later censored lumourous article about the whole affair intended for publication in the school-sponsored Harvard Summer Times."
Other campus hijinx included the always hilarious activities going on at 44 Bow St.--home of the Harvard Lampoon. Hard at work on their parody of Newsweek magazine, the Poonies took time out to socialize with the little folks by throwing a huge party and inviting the entire summer school. Advertising posters offered "sex with handsome yucksters," among other attractions Mysteriously, the college comedians backed out at the last minute and kept the lobster and champagne for themselves. The Cambridge police had to be brought in to quell the disappointed crowd which had gathered outside of the Lampoon Castle.