And Don't Come Back--When Law School Dean Robert C. Clark ordered Griswold Hall locked and secured Thursday--as students were staging a sit-in inside--police took their orders seriously. Very seriously. At one point, a security officer apparently became nervous that three protesters standing in an open doorway might let more in. So the stocky, trench-coat clad officer used his body to block off the door, and began pushing the students out. A shoving match ensued, and one woman law student ended up on the ground.

Speciality: First Amendment Law--Clark's "lock-out" policy was loosened after a while, and police eventually agreed to let people come and go freely--so long as they travelled in pairs of two. But Clark's policy made reporting the incident rather difficult in early hours, since he ordered that no media enter the building. A Crimson reporter was already stationed inside the office. Unfortunately, he could not get out to use a telephone or speak with editors, since police would not have let him return. So the reporter was forced to communicate by scrawling notes on a pad, and pressing them against a glass window, where an editor could read them.

"He doesn't want to be perceived as someone who can be pushed around by students."

--a student demonstator, discussing Clark's decision to have Griswold Hall secured by police.

"Mike Spence is leaving for personal reasons that have my complete support and understanding. Any institution should feel fortunate to have him."

--President Derek C. Bok on Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence's decision to leave Harvard to take a post at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

"A number of us knew him, and we knew he was restless."

--Stanford University Provost James N. Rosse, discussing Spence.

Born Again--Venerable President Derek C. Bok apparently was less than thrilled about his 60th birthday two weeks ago. In fact, he told a Crimson reporter he felt "awful." But never one for self-pity, the new sextagenarian set out to reclaim some of his lost youth over Spring Break--in Bermuda. Bok told the Crimson he had a blast on his tropical vacation, and especially enjoyed riding mopeds with his daughter.

Speaking of Born Again--Martin Wishnatsky '66 has been waging a one-person crusade against immorality--especially homosexuality--at Harvard for several months now. This week, hundreds of Harvard parents began receiving letters from the summa cum laude alum warning them that the University was a haven for sexual discorientation and immorality. Last summer, Wishnatsky even wrote President Bok, and told him "I do not have the heart to return to a Harvard that considers sexual perversion a legitimate part of student life." Bok--ever the progressive leader--promptly replied that " It is not our practice to try to outlaw homosexual groups or to discriminate against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation...Feeling as you do, you would probably do well not to return for your reunion. We will miss your presence."

"Now that the issue is in the open, it would be disingenous to state that there are no problems. There comes a time when Harvard must ask if it can afford two sociology departmens."

--Acting Sociology Chair Orlando Patterson, discussing the Social Studies concentration.

"I told [Spence] that I thought that Patterson and [Sociology head Tutor James A.] Davis are behaving in a way that is uprofessional. It's an invitation to acrimony."

--Social Studies head Davis S. Landes