Word: m
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mary's this geek Psych person [a Psychology major] who's really directed, and I'm really spacey," says Betsy, who is an English major. "People think of us as 'the McCaggs' or 'the twins,' and it's weird...
...governing boards and administrators, meanwhile, were embroiled in a heated--and divisive--debate about the University's governance. After a Harvard-backed report urged more official control of Overseers elections, pro-divestment alumni upped the stakes in March, announcing the candidacy of South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu for the board. The campaign which followed was marked by some of the most intense rhetoric of the four-year-old movement to change the Overseers' role...
...Election day. Vice President George Bush defeats Gov. Michael S. Dukakis to become the 41st president of the United States. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass.) and U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Mass.) both win re-election. In a hotly contested local election, Democratic nominee Thompson beats incumbent Graham by more than 3000 votes. Graham backers vow to contest the election, alleging that Thompson supporters sabotaged the voting machines and removed Graham's write-in stickers from ballots...
...Noah M. Berger '89 is named executive director of the Cambridge Civic Association, a local "good government" political party. Members of the group hope he will help them regain a majority on the council...
...people have asked me how I feel about graduating. "Great!" I reply, and leave it at that. My real feelings are more ambivalent. I want to help future students at Harvard, but I'm not sure that Harvard is going to want my help...