Tutor Completes Fundraising Ride

An economics teaching fellow completed a 132-mile fundraising bike ride Saturday, raising more than $2000 for a fund dedicated to the memory of his former house master.

The money, said Joseph E. Cooper '78, the bicyclist and organizer of the event, will go to the American Cancer Foundation in memory of David A. Aloian '49, former Quincy House master who died of cancer two years ago.

Many Harvard affiliates, including President Derek C. Bok and most of the house masters, pledged money to the ride.

The trip, which started at 5:25 a.m. in Cambridge, lasted nearly 12 hours, as Cooper reached Provincetown on Cape Cod at 5:10 p.m.

Cooper's coach, Stephan R. Paccognella, who drove a van behind the graduate student during the ride, said Cooper was, "absolutely relaxed and comfortable...until the end." Cooper said he "hit a wall" at 106 miles from Cambridge, so "It was a real struggle to get to Provincetown from that point."

Cold morning temperatures forced the Leverett House resident tutor to take refuge in a post office along the way. "My feet were like wooden boards, and I thought frostbite might set in," he said.

About 1600 People Walk For Peace

Despite a brisk breeze blowing off the Charles River, more than 1600 walkers participated in yesterday afternoon's seventh Annual Walk for Peace.

The Walk for Peace, a fundraising event organized and sponsored by Peace Action, in conjunction with more than 70 area organizations, began at 11:30 a.m. with live music and entertainment and the actual walking started at 1 p.m.

According to Greg Smutny, Director of Peace Action, yesterday's Walk raised a total of more $140,000. Peace Action, as the principal sponsor, receives 40 percent of the funds raised to help cover costs and support selected groups. Walkers selected specific participating organizations to receive the rest of their funds.

The walk both began and ended on the Boston Common. A large tent and various staffed tables for check-in, first aid, foot massages and T-shirt and sweatshirt sales greeted the walkers with applause as they returned from the 10-kilometer course around Boston.

Walkers ranged in age and in affiliation. Hannah Embree and her sister from Wellesley, both senior citzens, completed the entire course and earmarked their funds for the Boston-Cambridge Ministry for Higher Education and the United Church of Christ Peace Ministry. Eight-year-old Elan Schwarz and his pal ten-year-old Kenji Foster said they were attending in the "cause of world peace and disarmament" with their parents and teacher from the Charles River School.

"I have two kids, one 15 and the other 18 and I love how many young people are here [at the Walk]," said walker Lynn Chong.

"It's really great with so many organizations and so many people coming out," said Lisa Kim, a Wheaton College student.