The first cuts went into effect at the beginning of the year and chopped 4.6 percent from federal education aid.

BLACK COW MMOOOOVES IN

They've been calling it the greatest gastronomical innovation to hit Harvard dining halls since skincredibles.

Yes, chocolate milk finally made its debut at the beginning of winter reading period--the brainchild of the Undergraduate Council's Residential Committee.

But never fear, milk and cookie lovers. The traditional low-fat milk is still winning the war of the thirsty by more than four-to-one tally, according to Harvard Dining Services. Officials say that although chocolate milk drinkers remain a minority, the dark horse milk is here to stay.

IVY PROFS ADVISE RONNIE

Soviet and international affairs specialists from Harvard briefed President Reagan in Washington before his Geneva summit talks with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Adam B. Ulam, director of Harvard's Russian Research Center, and Baird Professor of History Richard Pipes prepared the President for his first face-to-face meeting with the Kremlin's top dog.

One issue that divided Harvard observers was whether arms talks would be stymied by Reagan's determination to build a space-based missile defense system, known as the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).

Meanwhile, Pipes and Marshall I. Goldman, associate director of the Russian Research Center, were hired to do national television commentary during the four days of summit talks in Geneva.

FEEDING THE FACULTY

The University hired a private company to take over the operations of the managerially and financially troubled Harvard Faculty Club. Creative Gourmet's of Allston began to run the posh Harvard institution in September.

Unstable management had plagued the Club since the 25-year manager left in 1980 for a Boston restaurant. The Faculty Club reportedly suffers losses of $100,000 annually.

Despite rumored fears of Wendy's hamburgers invading the venerable institution, Creative Gourmet's president assured that it "would be arrogant and wrong to come in and change such a relished tradition."