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Though one undergraduate allegedly disguised himself as a workman and roamed the tunnels freely to avoid the winter cold, most in traders are less systematic. Vandals have occasionally used the tunnels to gain access to University buildings, robbing coin machines found in the basements, says B&G official Norman Goodwin. Most of the entrants, however, are simply curious students. "It would appear that the tunnels remain a continuing challenge to undergraduates," notes Tribble. Break-ins usually come in fits and starts--a small rash of entries followed by six to eight quiet months, he says...
...Polvere represented the workman in court. As you correctly reported, his fees were paid for by Harvard Real Estate...
...Polvere and the workman came to the court with six other people: the three other workmen who were at the scene (which makes sense), and two administrators and an office worker employed by Harvard Real Estate, Inc.--Ms. Lorraine Wade, her secretary, and Mr. David Zewinski...
...assault and battery charge was the basis of some fancy legal maneuvering, implying that there was little substance to the charge itself and that it was merely a means to an end. Polvere offered the following "deal": the workman would drop his charge if a) I would drop my charge against him, b) I would apologize for my alleged wrongdoing, c) I would promise not to talk to the press. (Are these concerns of the workman...
...flattered, in a way, by the claim that I could somehow put a club-wielding workman, in the presence of three of his friends, in fear of bodily harm. I won't embarrass myself here with too strenuous a denial. I will note only that when I told John Marquand about the charge, he laughed himself half way across the Yard...