Communities Must Encourage Applicants

To the editors: While Elizabeth W. Green’s Fifteen Minutes scrutiny, “A Classy Affair” ( Nov. 13 ), on the lack

In an Ideal Setting, Missed Opportunities

This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue its decision in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, potentially having

Taking Care of Square Business

The bookcase is bare, except for a thin volume called An Introduction to Logic, as Andrew A. Jantz leans his

A Look Back

1999 SEPTEMBER Harvard agrees to pay the City of Boston $40 million over 20 years in lieu of taxes, ending

Giving Thanks

Despite the difficulty of dealing with the loss, there’s a certain growth that comes from losing a parent, as the importance of family becomes clear and the bonds between loved ones grow stronger.

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Seven Cambridge Fire Department units responded to alarms in Lehman Hall in Harvard Yard on Wednesday set off by an overheated electrical generator. No fire was reported.

Members of TrueMajority parked their traveling parade on Mt. Auburn St. last week. The group, founded by Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen, will travel cross-country in their unconventional vehicles.

Crunch Time

Summer school student REBEKAH A. COTE studies outside in Harvard Yard yesterday. Many summer school classes held midterm examinations this past week.

Former Massachustts governor Michael S. Dukakis spoke to Harvard Summer School (SSP) students on Monday evening.

Large posters announcing the fall arrival of the dessert restaurant Finale fill the windows of the former location of Ma Soba behind the Holyoke Center. Still awaiting permits, Finale will open by September or October.