Reporter's Notebook

Legal Ethics Start Young: More than 200 law students gathered in Harkness Commons last Thursday night for the much-anticipated season premiere of the hit TV show "L.A. Law." But at least one observer was a little worried about the future of the legal profession when cries of agreement greeted a character's remark that "we don't have time to go around making moral stands."

Pundit Profundities: Oft-quoted Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law Laurence H. Tribe borrowed a line from another widely cited Harvard affiliate in an interview yesterday. Said Tribe, "Between rhetoric and reality falls a long, long shadow." He forgot to mention that it was T.S. Eliot '08 who first drew the analogy.

"We think a small Greek community at Harvard would be beneficial to the student population...We feel we're no different than any other college students, and there is no reason we should remain isolated in an ivory tower."

--Patrick W. Smith '92, the chapter head of a new local fraternity chapter formed by several Harvard sophomores.

"Such fraternities may not exist at Harvard. They may not use our facilities or the Harvard name."

--Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, describing official College policy toward fraternity chapters such as the one headed by Smith.

`HarvardOpportunities': Dedicated readers of The Harvard Gazette, Cambridge's only administration-approved weekly, have noted an unusually high number of fundraising positions advertised in the publication recently. Although it could not be determined whether plans for a multi-billion dollar fund drive caused the apparent surge, the approximately 10 jobs listed in The Gazette seemed compelling. Take this entry on page 22--"Development Assistant for Research/Development Associate for Research." Among the duties specified, the prospective "assistant" will get to undertake "in-depth biographical and financial research and analysis of individuals..." The resumes are probably pouring in.

"You'd be amazed at the dossiers the Harvard intelligence system has put together...You're armed with a fair degree of knowledge about [prospective donors]."

--Ernest E. Monrad '51, the alumni head of Harvard's Boston fundraising efforts, on the extensive information which Harvard's central development office provides about possible alumni givers.

Harvard's Bad Boy: Activists supporting the coal miners striking against the Connecticut-based Pittston Company have no doubt been frustrated with their recent attempts to gain the attention of Robert G. Stone '45, a member of the Pittston Board of Directors and the Harvard Corporation. So when the protested outside a Corporation meeting at 17 Quincy St. this Monday, for the third time this fall, they tried a new approach. They gave him a present--a symbolic bag of coal--to remind him that he has been "a very bad boy."

"I'd bet five dollars that Noam Chomsky takes better pictures than Jeanne Theoharis' [91] mother, Nancy."

--Harvard Israel Public Affairs Committee Co-Chair Ivan J. Dominguez '91, mocking a recent Perspective photo feature on the Intifada, which was photographed by Nancy Theoharis, mother of Perspective Senior Editor Jeanne.

"He had not come to Harvard for the elms or the blanks of the Charles...but rather...`to get this badge which says veritas but means a job.'"

--Professor of History emeritus John King Fairbank, speaking at a discussion honoring the late journalist Theodore H. White '38.