1994 Reunion Issue

'Our Faces, Our Histories, Our Stories': The Push for Ethnic Studies

By Ellen M. Burstein

In Period of Racial Conflict, Mediation Program Struggled to Find Footing

By Grace A. Greason

Delay, Delay, Delay: Harvard’s Continued Controversy over ROTC

By Connor W.K. Brown

Lawsuits, Libel, and Nepotism: A Scandal in Dunster House

By Anna Kate E. Cannon

In May 1994, Dunster House was home to controversy among several members of its tutor staff, who charged the House leadership had engaged in biased hiring practices, leading to a stifling climate in the House.

Votes for Women: The Fly Club and Female Social Spaces

By Rebecca S. Araten

Though Harvard single-gender social organizations currently face penalties should they refuse to go co-ed, the Fly Club once flirted with the possibility of going co-ed on its own volition in September 1993.

Harvard’s Internet Woes

By Michelle G. Kurilla

In 1994, Harvard’s technical landscape consisted of three central features: dial-up modems, limited communication via email, and the slow expansion of “Harvard High Speed Data Network” — the University’s first data network.