CUE GUIDE CENSORSHIP

Student editors of the CUE Guide, a University-funded course review book, said during the first week of school that a Harvard official threatened to cancel this year's book unless they mitigated criticism of several professors.

The ongoing debate over who should retain editorial control of the course evaluation guide was resolved when the faculty's steering committee ruled that the student editors should determine the book's content, but not its editorial policy.

NO HONORARIES FOR 350TH

Breaking with longstanding tradition, Harvard's seven-man governing Corporation decided in October not to grant honorary degrees to dignitaries at the University's 350th celebration. The awards were to come amid the four-day extravaganza which will feature Prince Charles, scholars from around the world, and a climactic fireworks display in Harvard Stadium.

Last spring, faculty and alumni vigorously objected to the possibility that President Reagan would receive a degree if he accepted President Derek C. Bok's invitation to address a convocation. A U.S. president had spoken at Harvard's 250th and 300th anniversaries. Reagan hasn't decided whether to speak yet, spokesmen said.

OFFUTT LEADS COUNCIL

The Undergraduate Council chose Leverett House junior Brian C. Offut in October as its fifth chairman in four years. Offut, who defeated two opponents for the council chair, said one of his top priorities would be to improve the student government's image with its constituents. Incumbent chairman Brian R. Melendez '86 decided not to seek reelection.

Before Offutt left for Christmas break, however, there was talk in the council of ousting the council chairman as leader of the Endowment for Divestiture, a council-affiliated anti-apartheid fund.

PREFECT TROUBLES

It seemed like a good idea: bring together upperclassmen and freshmen in prefect groups paralleling proctor groups to help freshmen get accustomed to student life. But in November, the prefect program was beginning to look like a dating service.

Two upperclassmen were dating their freshman advisees, and the Freshman Dean's Office quietly reassigned one upperclassman to a different prefect unit and asked another to resign.

The program itself was in no danger. Members of the FDO and the Undergraduate Council, which initiated the prefect system, promised to maintain and expand the experimental program, which involves only one-third of the proctor units.

But some prefects argued that a better training program was needed to explain their roles and how to avoid amorous situations.

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