5 Nearly 24 years after the shooting death of Edward Paulsen, then a 28-year old Harvard graduate student studying economics, police in Canada

arrest a man long sought as a suspect in the murder. The Sept. 9, 1976 murder was the result of a botched drug deal.

12 The owners of the Bow and Arrow Pub and the Mass. Ave. Dunkin' Donuts learn they will join The Tasty in a dubious Harvard Square clique: Good Will Hunting made them famous, development could make them disappear. The stores are being forced out of their building by the Harvard Cooperative Society.

19 Amidst a flurry of campaign violation complaints against newly elected Undergraduate Council Vice President Burton, leaders of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance tell The Crimson that they never gave Burton permission to use buttons he had taken from the group's office for his campaign. Burton opponents and some former supporters call for his resignation.

23 An electrical fire and explosion in a manhole near the Harvard-owned Peabody Terrace apartments emits dangerous gases that force residents to evacuate their homes for most of the day. Gases from a fire in an underground transmitter explode, sending a fireball more than 70 feet in the air. No one is injured in the blast.

February

1 The Hasty Pudding Theatricals announce that Billy Crystal and Jamie Lee Curtis will be Man and Woman of the Year.

3 Ten members of the Undergraduate Council formally submit two articles of impeachment against Burton, whose supporters counter that the move is "petty" and politically motivated.

4 Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 proposes rewording College rules to allow students to run businesses from their dorm rooms.