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...night when he was pulling what he likes to refer to as "cold turkey" in Widener, Axel "overstudied" and, failing to hear the announcements of closing time, got locked inside the building. By the time Axel reached the fourth-floor checkout desk the library was completely dark and quiet; he could hear his heels clicking against the cold floor. Axel said he was scared but couldn't bring himself to call for help. "It was 21 years of conditioning versus my fears for survival." The fears won. An elderly janitor found Axel and let him out. Now the student still...

Author: By Diane Sherlock, | Title: Denizens of Widener | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

Harvard has repeatedly offered to refer cases of this nature to binding external arbitration, knowing full well that by doing so it would place the cases even further away from final resolution. The University prides itself on its internal grievance mechanism, but has repeatedly failed to clarify, or indeed, to rectify...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Facing Up To Real Issues | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

Harvard has repeatedly offered to refer cases of this nature to binding external arbitration, knowing full well that by doing so it would place the cases even further away from final resolution. The University prides itself on its internal grievance mechanism, but has repeatedly failed to clarify, or indeed, to rectify...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard and the Unions | 6/17/1976 | See Source »

Eleanor Herbert is a consummate self-deceiver. In her youth she entertained a succession of university students on the grounds that "there was no harm in making love, if they could first refer to Bertrand Russell." Imagining herself to be a literary talent, she rewrote a story 23 times until it grew "simpler, clearer, more barren each time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Out from Down Under | 6/7/1976 | See Source »

Because the parents' organization took no action, Galbraith can now only refer his charges to the board of trustees of Wellesley, which has already affirmed support for the administration in the controversy, Alla O'Brian, a Wellesley College spokesman, said yesterday...

Author: By Gregory M. Lewis, | Title: Wellesley Parents Inactive on Charge | 5/3/1976 | See Source »

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