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Day By Day: 1999-2000 In Review

30 Harvard plays host to an international education summit, setting up a two-day colloquium between seven presidents from China's leading universities and five from U.S. universities.

November

2 In a political upset that may reflect an increasing conservative bent to predominantly liberal Cambridge, three-term city council member Katherine Triantafillou loses her position after receiving the 10th-highest number of votes in a race for nine seats.

10 The Crimson reports that for the past two months, Edward Francis Meinert, Jr., an Extension School student, posed as a transfer student in the College Class of 2002. Meinert had conned his friends and colleagues, hiding the fact that he was not an undergraduate and that he was also facing an impending Federal prison sentence for fraud that he incurred as a student at George Washington University.

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10 Harvard commits to fund affordable housing with $20 million in loans and a $1 million grant that could eventually create up to $400 million for the Boston area.

16 About 200 students brave chilly winds and near-freezing temperatures in the Yard and at the Holyoke Center to rally for a $10 per hour 'living wage' for Harvard employees.

20 With Harvard ahead 21-17 late in The Game's forth quarter, Yale's quarterback Joe Walland takes over with 2:53 left and marches his team downfield. A controversial touchdown pass with 29 seconds left in The Game ultimately drops Harvard and gives Yale a share of the Ivy League championship. Harvard ends the season at 5-5, 3-4 in the Ivy League.

23 Harvard Law School Dean Robert C. Clark says he is reviewing prominent law school professor Arthur R. Miller's taped lectures for web-based Concord University School of Law in June, afraid that Miller might be running afoul of University rules for faculty.

24 B.J. Averell '02 is discovered stowed away in the restroom of a Delta Express jet while attempting to get to home in time for Thanksgiving after learning his seat had been given away by the airline. He is arrested by Logan Airport security officials.

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