Shortly after midnight, Cabot House security officer Manny Mango found the student imprisoned in a two-foot space between the two pairs of locked doors. After a brief conversation through the front door's mail slot, Mango liberated the adventurer by following his route into Moors in order to open the inside doors.

Procrastinator's Delight

Take heart, Gov jocks.

Correction of an "administrative error" has given Government thesis writers a week-long reprieve. According to the department's Thesis Writers' Handbook, the 80- to 120-page works were supposed to be due on March 19.

But concentrators and tutors will learn this week that the deadline has been pushed back a week to March 27, the day before spring break. This is the traditional deadline, says law student an former Gov concentrator Alan Khazei '85 because "the idea is, you hand in your thesis, you collapse, you go off on spring break."

Spring break falls later than usual because the 350th celebrations delayed this year's academic schedule. Thesis advisor Matthew Dickinson conjectures that the department ignored the delay in setting its thesis timetable.

"Actually, it's a blessing in disguise," he says of the later date. "If anything it's an unexpected Christmas present."

Let the Rumpus Begin

In January the hearts of senior senators--and Cambridge City Councilors--turn to thoughts of Novembers to come. City Hall rhetoric is heating up, and two challengers have already declared candidacy against the nine incumbents, whom they face this November.

Campaign finances are slim as yet, with balances ranging from Councilor Al Vellucci's $44 to the low thousands for most incumbents. Challengers Jonathan Myers and Edward Cyr are not required to submit financial reports yet, but Myers claims to have raised $10,000.

Myers' campaign manager is Quincy House senior Brian Murphy, who spent last year as field coordinator for Congressional candidate James Roosevelt, Jr.