6 Actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, Class of 1992, blast Harvard for not paying all its workers a 'living wage' and urge the University to fulfill its obligations to the community. More than 400 people--ranging from labor activists to star-struck fans--jam the green in front of Littauer Center to catch a glimpse of the Academy Award winners.

9 A defiant Kenneth W. Starr defends his five-year tenure as independent counsel, sharply and sometimes sarcastically reproving student questioners who criticize his investigation, in a Kennedy School speech.

9 The undergraduate admission office announces that about 80 percent of students admitted to the Class of 2004 will attend Harvard, giving the College its highest yield since the early 1970s. Officials credit the College's generous financial aid program and successful pre-frosh weekend as factors in Harvard's impressive yield, which is consistently the highest of the nation's selective colleges.

15 Harvard decides to rethink its most recent proposal for the Knafel Center for Government and International Study after a Cambridge city board finds fault with much of the University's plan.

17 Officials of a popular Core course make final exam questions available to students, just three days before the test, after a laptop containing a copy of the exam is stolen. The laptop computer belonging to Karim A. Al-Zand, the head teaching fellow for Literature and Arts B-80: "The Swing Era," was stolen from Al-Zand's office.

22 Rudenstine announces that he will leave Harvard at the end of June 2001. While some say his announcement came suddenly, Rudenstine emphasizes the timeliness of the decision. His resignation comes at the conclusion of a six-year capital campaign that has defined his tenure.