3. How happy is Carole Kleinfelder with theHarvard athletic department?

One might think that the Department ofAthletics would be happy to retain its mostsuccessful intercollegiate coach. But Kleinfelder,the women's lacrosse field general, is also thedepartment's most forceful and consistent criticsof its treatment of women's athleics.

Kleinfelder mulled an offer to become Yale'slacrosse coach this summer before deciding to stayat Harvard. Athletic department officials havebeen exceedingly cool to her, and have refused todiscuss either her or Title IX publicly for thepast nine months.

Leaving to head up Yale's mediocre programwould have been a step down for Kleinfelder, whohas led Harvard's lacrosse teams to the NCAAtournament semifinals in three of the past fourseasons.

But a rough year off the field made leaving apossibility. Her criticism of the department'streatment of women athletes and teams strained herrelationship with her bosses.

And in December, the tires of her truck werefound slashed in the athletic department parkinglot, apparently in retaliation for comments shemade in a Crimson series that month. The incidentscared and angered her, friends and players say.

Now, Kleinfelder, who could not be reached forcomment last week, is back. And it's likely she'sspoiling for another fight--both on and off thelacrosse field.

4. What is second-year men's soccer coachStephen Locker doing to revive his program?

Lots.

Taking over a soccer program is like movinginto someone else's house. Former Harvard men'ssoccer coach Mike Getman replaced legend JapeShattuk in 1987 at a time when the Crimson'snational preeminence was at its peak.

But Getman's teams had two good years beforethe house turned into a shack, and Harvard fellinto the rut of consecutive .500 and sub-.500seasons.

Now, with one year leading the men's soccerprogram under his belt, Locker has begun toimplement the architectural designs he believeswill restore the shack to its once palatial form.

Locker has aspirations that go all the way tothe NCAA tournament and beyond. He believes thatgetting to the Big Dance this year isachievable--but the pragmatic coach, who came toHarvard from a very successful program at theUniversity of Rochester, also knows his team'slimitations.

"I haven't seen anyone in the Ivy league atVirginia's level," Locker said.

Of course, UVA has achieved the highest level,winning national title after national title andattracting the most talented players.