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The Boston Herald's notorious gossip columnist, Norma Nathan a.k.a. "The Eye," has her eyes on Harvard men.

Her new book, Boston's Most Eligible Bachelors, lists the The Harvard Gazette's new managing editor, David Sanders, as one of those select few. Sanders, who won acclaim as the public relations flak for Harvard's 350th anniversary celebration, apparently has the qualities Nathan wants. In her book, the local columnist lists each hunk's occupation, approximate income and a brief physical description.

Sanders told the Herald that he hopes the listing will help him meet more women. "If they see me in the book and want to meet with me, I'll meet with them," said Sanders.

Next thing you know, they'll have personals in The Gazette.

Harvard-Produced Abortion Movie

"No woman should ever have to go through the hell on earth that I experienced. The rape was violent, and so was my illegal abortion."

These were the words that a Lowell House gathering of 12 heard Thursday night as it watched a half-hour video that featured interviews with four Massachusetts women about their abortion experiences and included footage from several pro-choice rallies across the country.

The video, entitled "A Responsible Choice: Interviews with Four Women," was produced by a Harvard junior and a Quincy House tutor who hoped to show the human side of abortion and encourage Harvard students to vote against Proposition 1 on tomorrow's ballot.

"It seems that too often the issue of abortion comes down to facts and figures. We wanted to show that there are real women behind these figures," said the film's producer, Nina R. Schwalbe '88.

"It is such a taboo issue, people don't want to talk about it, and we knew there were women willing to tell their story," she said.

Pretty Scary, Even for Bok

President Derek C. Bok will never forget that evening, for it has come back to haunt him eight years later. It was a dark, spooky Halloween. Gay W. Seidman '78, president of The Harvard Crimson, was leading a gaggle of goulish editors to Bok's Elmwood St. residence. The group rang the door bell, said, "trick or treat," and eventually went on its way.

Bok can't forget that evening.

"I imagine you'll be like Seidman," Bok said to The Crimson's 1986 Halloween expedition to his house, adding with ghostly afterthought, "And run against the establishment."

Seidman must have been displeased with the candy Bok put in her goodie bag because the campus divestment activist responded with a trick of her own. She became, in Bok's words, "an insurgent candidate" in the 1986 Board of Overseers election, running on a pro-divestment platform.

And perhaps by using some of the arts of the occult, she actually won a seat, beating out the University's official candidates. All because of a few Reece's peanut butter cups.

Peer Counseling Made Easier

In order to make sure that undergraduates are clear about the purpose of their counseling organization, the students running Eating Problems Outreach have changed the group's name to reflect its goals a little more clearly.

The peer counseling group, which deals primarily with eating-and weight-related issues, has changed its name from Eating Problems Outreach (EPO) to Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach (ECHO) to indicate that its counseling is open to general problems, not just weight-related ones, said ECHO counselor Samantha J. Smoot '87.

"Our past name was a little threatening and intimidating," said Co-Chairman Louisa A. Smith '88. "It emphasized severe eating problems too much. We exist for a wide range of issues."

Deans in Spaaace

It must have given a moment's joy to any student whose style is being cramped by an overbearing, unsensitive roommate. Or to any free spirit whose karma was being suppressed by tight living conditions. The University has just created a new assistant dean for planning...and space.

Just kidding. The new dean doesn't really have a mandate to let your psyche run free in the soft wind of the subconscious. His or her job will be to alleviate the logjam in the University's libraries. In many of Harvard's libraries, the space situation is so bad that there isn't enough shelf space to hold all the books in the system. Compiled by JONATHAN M. MOSES