Both Hastings and Jewett testified in theirdeposition that they were able to get alarmsinstalled in their apartments without having toofficially ask the University.

Jewett testified that he unofficially requestedthe installation of an alarm in his apartment,police suggested that Jewett might want an alarm,and " I indicated to them that I thought thatwould be a good idea," he said.

The dean testified that although he did notfollow up on that initial request, "at some laterpoint in time an alarm was installed."

But in his deposition, Lichten, the director ofthe Office for Physical Resources, appeared toboost the plaintiff's argument that Jewettreceived special treatment. Lichten testified thatthe decision to install the alarm in Jewett'sresidence was based on the dean's status as a"public figure" on campus.

A `Lost' Police Report

In the discovery process, the Universityrepeatedly fought efforts by the plaintiff'sattorneys to secure a police report on the Jewettbreak-in.

In fact, Riley wrote to Weissberg that thereport could not be found. "We have not been ableto find any record of a break-in at Dean Jewett'sresidence in Faculty Row," Riley said.

Later during the trial, the University producedthe police report, which, contrary to Riley'sclaim, Harvard officials had located immediatelyafter the 1991 rape--and before the suit wasfiled.

The difficulties with discovery will likelydelay the case further. A final pretrialconference, scheduled for March 2, will probablybe postponed, Weissberg said.

Weissberg said she expects the trial to bescheduled for sometime later this year. Whether itwill go to trial, she said, "depends on Harvard'swillingness to settle."