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September

9 - U.S. News and World Report announces that Harvard dropped to third in its annual rankings, giving up the first spot to Yale after six years at the top.

21 - Pellegrino University Professor Edward O. Wilson, recipient of two Pulitzer prizes and an Audubon Medal, announces he will retire at the end of the academic year.

23 - Steven T. Driscoll, who struck Sarah T. Craig '99 and three other Harvard students on May 22 while driving drunk, fatally injuring Craig, pleads guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the Litchfield, Conn., Superior Court. Driscoll is sentenced to ten years in prison on Nov. 15.

October

1 - Theodore J. Kaczynski '62 is indicted by a grand jury in Newark, N.J., for a mail bomb attack in 1994. Along with his earlier indictments in California, Kaczynski is now charged with all the murders attributed to the Unabomber.

20 - The Head of the Charles Regatta is canceled for the first time in 32 years due to heavy rain and powerful winds, disappointing spectators and competitors from around the world.

29 - The University announces that Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Microsoft executive vice-president Steven A. Ballmer '77 will donate $25 million for a new building and professorship in computer science and electrical engineering. Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 celebrates with a case of sparkling cider for his class, Computer Science 121: "Introduction to Formal Systems and Computation."

30 - Twelve members of the Queer Action Group, some dressed in glittering gowns and holding signs, are removed by police from a speech at the Institute of Politics Forum after refusing to stop kissing each other and heckling Christian Coalition Director Ralph Reed.

November

6 - On Election Day, Massachusetts Governor William F. Weld '66 narrowly loses his bid to become the junior Senator from Massachusetts to incumbent Yalie John F. Kerry.

20 - The Kennedy School of Government announces that Sheila Burke, former Chief of Staff for Bob Dole, will become its Executive Dean on Dec. 2.

24 - Harvard beats Yale in The Game for the second year in a row, 26-21.