"I think it's totally awesome that students can have so much influence."--M. Scott Murphy '92, who drafted a petition asking Harvard not to change the housing lottery, when he heard that the lottery would not be 25 percent random.

"There will be no substantial answers to our problems before the end of the century. There will be visible structure--structure all over, but no visible productive fruit."--Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes about the Verba Report.

"He's a wonderful fellow and I think he'll make a superb dean."--Dean of the Graduate School Sally Falk Moore, about her expected replacement, Psychology Department Chair Brendan A. Maher..

"Harvard strives to contain the rate of increase in tuition and fees while maintaining the quality of its undergraduate education and the physical condition of its facilities."--Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence, at the announcement of a 6.5 percent tuition hike for next year.