The "Do As I Say, Not As I Do" Award
...this year goes to Domenic M. Bozzotto, president of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Local 26, who vociferously protests the University's continued holdings in South Africa-related stocks.
By the way, it was learned that the pension fund Bozzotto oversees for the union had several grand invested in companies doing business with the apartheid state.
A Compatriot of Mr. Bennet, We Presume?
Nobel Prize-winning economist John Kenneth Galbraith, speaking at a Winthrop House dinner commemorating Harvard's 350th anniversary, recalled his days as a tutor during here during the 1930s. Galbraith cited one wild party in Winthrop in which a drunken student dove three stories from his C-entry room and died. "There was great enjoyment of sex, alcohol and leisure," the former ambassador to India said with great candor.
Get This Man a Weatherman's Contract
Thomas W. Stephenson '37, organizer of the 350th, told the Crimson in September that he was prepared for any inclement weather on Harvard's big birthday bash. "Short of a hurricane, everything would have to go right ahead. But if there was a hurricane nearby I'd know--I've been watching pretty closely."
How 'bout a Restrictive Tariff on Soccer Players, Too
Duke All-America forward John Kerr, after he lead the Blue Devils to a 3-1 victory over Harvard's men's soccer team in the NCAA semifinals, said: "It's a tremendous feeling, but not just for ourselves. This was also for the Duke community and American soccer. We played against all these foreigners imported to play soccer, and we proved a point."
Ten of the 18 players on the Crimson roster hail from outside the country.
"...And House Committee Funds Were Diverted to the Contras"
When Adams House changed its policy for smoking in the dining hall--limiting smoking to just four tables--students immediately suspected a plot underfoot. Students charged that the restrictive policy was covertly aimed at reducing the number of interhouse diners who smoke.
"[Students] used to come in at [5:40 p.m.] and stay until 7:30 p.m. Now they don't linger," said dining hall checker Barbara McCarthy.
But Adams House Senior Tutor Marshall Hyatt countered the common opinion. "If we decide to cut down on interhouse meals, we would be up front about it. We wouldn't do it in the guise of smoking."
They Didn't Take Over University Hall in '69, Either
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