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Even as President Nixon proposes an end to student draft deferments on March 1, student attention is more closely riveted to events on campus: On March 7--International Women's Day--a group of women activists took over the Architectural Technology Workshop on Memorial Drive, demanding the creation of a permanent women's center on campus...
When President Bok gives his first address tothe University's Board of Overseers on January 11,he claims the campus has become quieter and moreinterested in learning--and points to libraryrecords as evidence of this trend. On January 25,President Nixon shocks the world by announcingsecret negotiations with the North Vietnamese thathad brought the U.S. closer to a peace accorduntil Hanoi ceased sending its representative tothe talks, citing "illness" as an excuse...
...Although Nixon and Kissinger repeatedly assertthat the U.S. and North Vietnam are near a ceasefire, December, 1972 rolls around without thematerialization of a peace accord. It proves to bea month of contradictions in other respects aswell. One day after Kissinger tells the publicthat the two sides have almost reached agreement,President Nixon orders stepped-up bombings ofNorth Vietnam (December 17). A 100-persondemonstration in Boston is held to protest thisdecision, but it does not compare with student-rundemonstrations held a year earlier...
January features a number of importantcollege-wide and nationwide events. On January 11,John T. Dunlop resigns his position as Dean of theFaculty to join the Nixon administration. OnJanuary 16, Harvard Coop employees cease theirattempts to unionize due to harassment from Coopmanagement, but the Coop still faces a NationalLabor Relations Board lawsuit concerning unionsurveillance. On January 20, The Crimsoncelebrates its 100th anniversary, and the nextday, President Nixon celebrates his secondinauguration. On January 26, the military draftofficially ends...
...students are greeted by Crimsonheadlines reading, "Nixon Accepts ResignationsFrom Four Top Aides...