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...contemplating what to write for my final column, thinking back over the last four years of news covered by The Crimson, a gift topic fell into my lap in the form of the Senior Survey. In exchange for commencement tickets (a wisely-chosen barter on the part of the College), all seniors must fill out an eight-part multiple choice and free-response survey on aspects of life at Harvard. In an e-mail sent to the Class of 2000, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 directed us to a website for easy responding and pointed out that...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: On a Scale of 1-5 | 5/15/2000 | See Source »

...watch and showed him how much time would pass before he would see his father. They raised the window shades and showed him the dawn sky. "He became completely enthralled in the pretty colors," said an INS official. Elian spent most of the flight sitting in Mills' lap; for a while, he even slept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Elian Grab | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

...passers-by stared quizzically, Jonathan Lefkowitz of Goshen, N.Y., sat inside a metal cage on the sidewalk outside Harvard Yard, with a pad of paper resting on his lap and a spark of anger in his eyes. A sign on the cage announced he would remain silent for 100 hours...

Author: By Jonathan F. Taylor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Animal Rights Protestors Kick off Week of Demonstrations | 4/26/2000 | See Source »

...friend Sister Jeanne O'Laughlin's Miami Beach home. Police cars lined streets; patrol boats cruised on the canal behind the house. Demonstrators shouted in Spanish that Reno was a witch. For 2 1/2 hours she talked with Elian, Lazaro, Marisleysis and their Miami handlers, as Elian moved from lap to lap. At one point during the negotiations, the boy even began playing with one of Reno's security people. "You know, we could solve this real quick," the agent reportedly said. "I could walk out of here with him right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reno's Showdown | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...these difficulties are a small price to pay for life in the lap of luxury...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Adams House Exudes Excess, Aristocracy | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

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