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Day By Day: 1999-2000 In Review

6 The Harvard Corporation appoints two new members--one of whom is the first black person ever to serve on the University's highest governing body.

13 The Undergraduate Council rejects two articles of impeachment and votes not to remove Burton from office. Though the vote falls far short of the two-thirds required to remove Burton from office, a slim majority--41 council members, with 38 opposing--support the second article of impeachment.

15 After jostling for more than a month without consensus, the Cambridge City Council finally elects Anthony D. Galluccio as mayor.

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17 Harvard University Police Department officers quickly evict three students protesting Harvard sweatshop policy inside Mass Hall. The group planned to spend four hours handing out leaflets in Mass Hall, but is ejected within minutes. Students and College and University officials gather to discuss the demonstration.

22 In a multi-city crime spree lasting barely an hour, four teenagers hold up two Harvard students and two Cantabrigians at gunpoint, including an undergraduate walking beside Lowell House.

23 The state of Massachusetts sues the University to ensure that the financially troubled Harvard Pilgrim Health Care can keep its name regardless of whether Harvard grants permission.

28 Continuing a major shift in Harvard policy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) officials confirm that they are assembling a program to teach undergraduates about high-tech entrepreneurship and help students start their own businesses while still in school.

28 The Crimson reports that Harvard will not participate in a series of confidential high-level discussions between Yale, Princeton and Stanford universities to create a distance learning colloquium directed at alumni.

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