No one is talking about allegations that two Yearbook officials stole thousands of dollars from the century-old publication.

A source at the Yearbook told The Crimson that President Yulia Shapiro '95 and Business Manager Esther C. Chang '95 embezzled Year-book funds, misrepresented the organization and mismanaged it in their tenure.

This may sound like an isolated incident, but in the past year at least two other Harvard groups have had similar problems.

Last fall, former and current members of the Harvard a capella group Krokodiloes said its former business manager Kyle E. Kimball'95 had spent approximately $3000 of the Kroks' money on personal items such as clothing from a Gap store in Kansas.

Kimball acknowledged his wrongdoing and has agreed to repay the money, according to members of the group.

And the Eliot House Evening with Champions scandal, in which Charles X. Lee '93 recently pleaded guilty to stealing $120,000 of funds dedicated to helping children with cancer, made national news.

The three cases raise serious questions about the College's involvement in the finances of its officially recognized student groups:

Should the Dean of Students office monitor organizations more closely?

Should organizations be required to establish stricter procedures for handling funds?

Should the College publicly acknowledge instances of financial impropriety?

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In the case of the Yearbook, a lone staffer spoke out about the fact that Chang and Shapiro allegedly abused their positions, wasting thousands of Yearbook dollars.

Chang slammed her door in a reporter's face and denied that she was in her Quincy House room. She later called the Harvard University

Police Department and said she had beenharassed.

Shapiro did not return over 20 calls to herroom over a three-week period.

Although those responsible are not talking, theprice of each Yearbook this May could be severaldollars higher as a result of the misspent funds,which allegedly went toward phone calls to Koreaand founding a failed female final club.