Grant herself also refused to comment, though.

In the midst of the national debate about thejuvenile justice system and Harvard's ethicalresponsibilities, tow members of the FacultyStanding Committee on Admissions and Financial Aidtold The crimson that Grant had lied to her alumniinterviewer, reportedly saying that her mother haddied in a car accident.

Joshua D. Liston, president of theUndergraduate Council, organized a rally toprotest Harvard's decision. Reporters outnumberedprotesters and some Undergraduate Council memberscriticized Liston for implying he spoke for thestudent body on that issue.

Dunster Murder-Suicide

The day after finals ended, the most bizarreand disturbing event of the year occurred. SineduTadesse, a junior living in Dunster House,murdered her roommate Trang Phuong Ho '96 andwounded a friend of Ho's who was spending thenight, Thao Nguyen.

At 8 a.m. in the morning, Tadesse turned offher alarm, grabbed a knife and stabbed Ho 45times, wounding Nguyen in the wrist and foot whenNguyen tried to stop her. Tadesse then went ot herbathroom where she hung herself. She waspronounced dead at the hospital.

Later the same day, police found a letter inThe Crimson's dumpster which contained Tadesse'spicture and a brief, typewritten note. "Keep thispicture," the letter read, "There will soon be ajuicy story about this person."

Shocked undergraduates continued to move out asquestions swirled. Why had Tadesse murdered herroommate? Should Harvard's counseling resourceshave caught someone who was obviously troubled?Could this type of action be prevented in thefuture?

The answers to these questions remain elusive.Inexplicably, one woman killed her best friendafter they had decided not to live together nextyear. Neither Tadesse, an Ethopian, nor Ho, anative of Vietnam, had many friends outside theAfrican Students Association and the VietnameseStudent's Association, respectively. Both pre-medswere described as quiet, studious, and nice.

Other Events

Of course, there was more:

In February, a helicopter crashed into theHarvard Yacht Club, killing the four passengers,none of whom were Harvard affiliates.

Two undergraduates confessed to embezzlingapproximately $120,000 from the Jimmy Fund, achildren's cancer charity. Charles K. Lee '93 andDavid G. Sword '93 were in charge of the annualEliot House Fundraiser, "An Evening withChampions," in 1992. The money was discoveredmissing in 1993, when the new chairs took over.

Lee was sentenced to four to five yearsimprisonment, one of which he will be expected tocomplete. Three to 10 years of probation,community service and full restitution were alsopart of the sentence. Sword received one year ofprobation and is required to make full restitutionas well.

The Bell Curve, a controversial bookwritten by two Harvard professors, the lateRichard J. Hernstein and Charles A. Murray '65implied a tie between race and intelligence.