. On his way back to Cambridge, Heimert meets Bok in Geneva. After receiving the president's OK, the special envoy opens an operational account at the Landesbank S.K. Upon his return, Heimert briefs Bok's chief of staff, University Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner, who transferred control of the operation to the little known Office of Political and Educational Affairs in the basement of Massachusetts Hall.

. The 17th anniversary of the Radcliffe Pottery Studio sets off a campus-wide celebration. Special seminars are designed to discuss the role of the pottery studio in history. Several panels featuring world-renowned potters will commemorate the anniversary. Noted pot guru Lawrence McKinney turns down his invitation after the University declines to offer him an honorary degree.

. The Harvard Gazette publishes a special five-page feature on the new Persian language printing of President Bok's books, Beyond the Ivory Tower and Higher Learning.

MAY

. A small Hamburg literary review reveals that several thousand copies of Bok's books were shipped to Iran in February. The books were published by a small press outside Paris that specializes in Palestinian revolutionary tracts and then shipped to Iran via international book merchants associated with the Harvard Club of Hamburg. Harvard News Office Director Peter Costa denies supressing information in the Gazette's feature on Bok's books, adding: "If we had found out about all this stuff we certainly would have asked John Shattuck whether or not we should publish it."

. Students move into "Southeast House," which boasts a new bus port. Aiming to "help students from different campuses understand one another better," shuttles will depart every hour for local women's colleges.

. After noticing his new Porsche parked in front of the Center for International Affairs (CFIA), Crimson reporters discover Melendez is now on the center's payroll. CFIA Director Samuel P. Huntington refuses to comment, but anonymous sources indicate that Melendez is being paid out of a new private endowment to improve teaching. The Commission of Inquiry (COI) begins an investigation into Melendez's role on the Undergraduate Council but claims it does not have jurisdiction to inquire into the mysterious new endowment.

JUNE

. BayBanks installs automatic teller machines in the pillars of Memorial Church. Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter Gomes delivers a six-hour address, "Automatic Teller Machines and Our Puritan Tradition." The address makes no sense, but the audience is asleep and fails to notice.

. In an 11th-hour negotiating session, the University and the Harvard Patrolmen's Association end a year-long labor dispute. The University continues to stonewall on the patrolmen's vacation demands. In lieu of vacation, the University offers to fire anyone who refuses to sign the new contract.

JULY

. The city that has banned nerve gas, rent increases, animal testing, genetic engineering and even fast food goes a step farther. Led by City Councilor Al Vellucci, Cambridge seeks to ban all persons under 21 from the Harvard Square area. Asked to comment, Dean Spence says he favors the initiative.

. Rufus Jones '87-'88, organizer of the cultural exchange program that brought Chinese and Soviet hockey teams to a tournament at Harvard, declares his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. Asked to comment about a possible match-up with fellow Andover grad George Bush in the general election, Jones says, "It'll be a tussle, but we've both played against Exeter so we're ready." Dark horse candidate and Undergraduate Council Chairman Richard Eisert '88, also an Andover grad, was at a social function and could not be reached for comment.

AUGUST

. Dominic Bozzotto of the dining hall workers local union is hired as secretary to the ACSR.