September

19--Harvard registers students and distributes pamphlets containing its most direct statement to date on anti-gay harassment. In a related move, the College names Janet A. Viggiani assistant dean for coeducation, and announces that six house masters have named resident tutors for bisexual, gay and lesbian issues.

October

5--Architects confirm the College is considering a "student center" at Memorial Hall. Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown will draft a feasibility study on a dining hall for freshpersons and meeting spaces. Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 describes the proposal as at the "dreaming stage."

23, 30--By overwhelming majorities, the Undergraduate Council calls on the final clubs to admit women and on Harvard to stop contesting the spring union election of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers. Both resolutions signal the political birth of the council.

November

7--House masters announce a new lottery proposal introducing random assignment to the houses after nearly 20 years of assignment based on student choice. The measure answers rising concerns of polarizing stereotypes in the houses.

10--A Crimson poll shows 49.4 percent of students favor opening the final clubs to women, with 41.8 percent opposing. Men outpace women in their support of opening the clubs.

December

Results of a major survey on College life of more than 2500 undergraduates last spring are released, in three parts.

4--The Undergraduate Council overwhelmingly votes against the masters' new housing plan.

7--A Harvard employee is raped at midday in the Science Center, sending a charge of anger and fear throughout the College.

9--After a demonstration by women's groups, uniformed security guards replace student checkers at the Science Center.

12--Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III calls on the Harvard University Police Department to review campus security, the possibility of extending its one-car escort service, and to check the lighting of the Yard.

January