May 6: 17 QUINCY ST. BLOCKADED
In yet another takeover, 40 students block the entrance to 17 Quincy St., forcing Harvard's top governing board to hold its scheduled meeting elsewhere.
May 16: SENIORS CALL FOR SHANTY REMOVAL
With less than three weeks until Commencement ceremonies, a group of seniors circulates a petition asking the University to forcibly remove the shanties if they are not torn down voluntarily by graduation.
Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence follows two days later with written letters to both SASC and the Conservative Club requesting the removal their structures from the Yard.
June 5: DIVESTMENT ACTIVIST ELECTED TO BOARD OF OVERSEERS
At the afternoon Commencement ceremonies, University officials announce that Gay W. Seidman '78 snagged one of seven seats on Harvard's Board of Overseers. Seidman campaigned on a three-member divestment platform--despite a controversial letter from Overseers President Joan T. Bok '51 advising alumni not to vote for the state.
June 7: SASC EVACUATES SHANTIES FOR SUMMER BREAK
Two days after seniors receive their diplomas in Tercentenary Theater and evacuate campus, SASC members quietly dismantle their Ivory Tower and seven make-shift structures.