19 - Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III releases a letter criticizing final clubs, citing drug deals and numerous complaints of sexual harassment as reasons to stay away.

23 - Alex S. Myers '00, a transgendered student, aids in passing an Undergraduate Council resolution to include transgendered people in the non-discrimination clause of the council's constitution.

March

4 - Harvard women's basketball finishes the Ivy League season undefeated with their victory over Dartmouth, 85-67. On Mar. 14, the Ivy League champions are ranked a heartbreaking 16th in the NCAA East Regional and are defeated by top seed North Carolina, 78-53.

6 - Provost Albert Carnesale is confirmed as chancellor of the University of California at Los Angeles. On Apr. 3, Dean of the School of Public Health Harvey V. Fineberg '67 is announced as Harvard's next provost.

10 - A coalition of students unveils the Alternative Senior Gift Fund, an escrow account to be donated to the College once a specified number of female and minority Faculty members are hired.

24 - Loh-Sze Y. Leung '97 helps the FBI apprehend three suspected kidnappers in Daytona Beach, Fla., during spring break, ending a four-day nationwide search for two young girls missing from Galesburg, Mich.

April

1 - Harvard is blasted by an unseasonable nor'easter, dropping a record 24 inches of snow. Despite Governor Weld's declaration of a state of emergency, Harvard-Radcliffe College classes continue to meet.

5 - Chelsea Clinton visits Harvard over the weekend, staying in the Yard and partying at a final club. On the 28th, Clinton announces she will attend Stanford.

6 - In a year marked by hate crimes against both homosexuals and ideological conservatives, Dunster residents find G-entry scrawled with anti-gay graffiti during the Harvard Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgendered Students Association's first Queer Harvard Month.

7 - The University names Ted A. Mayer, the current director of dining services at Middlebury College, as head of Harvard Dining Services. Lenny D. Condenzio served as acting director this year, following the departure last June of acclaimed Director Michael P. Berry.

10 - Katherine Park '72 is appointed Samuel Zemurray Jr. and Doris Zemurray Stone Radcliffe Professor, becoming the second tenured professor in Women's Studies. The Wellesley College professor will be jointly tenured in Women's Studies and the History of Science.

18 - Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 celebrates his 50th birthday at a party with family, friends, the Harvard Band and the Krokodiloes at the Harvard Club of Boston.

25 - Following the Supreme Court's Hopwood decision restricting the use of race as a factor in admissions, President Neil L. Rudenstine heads a nationwide coalition of universities that places a large advertisement in the New York Times calling for a commitment to diversity in education.