December 7 marks the culmination of weeks of student petitions and boycotts against the serving of non-union lettuce in Harvard dining halls. The University finally agrees to serve only lettuce produced by United Farm Workers.

In other news, a committee of Harvard and Radcliffe governing board members recommends an expansion of coeducational housing and a revision of Radcliffe's budget but not a merger between Harvard and Radcliffe.

January 1971

On January 10, the Board of Overseers announces that Dean of the Law School Derek C. Bok (right) will replace Harvard President Nathan M. Pusey '28 at the end of the academic year.

While Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci lashes out at Harvard for failing to consult the city government about its preference, students protest police brutality against blacks in Cambridge, and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) criticizes Harvard's minority and female hiring practices.

February 1971

In early February, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos in order to cut off an anticipated North Vietnamese offensive along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. On February 10, Harvard students participate in protests coordinated with Boston and Northeastern Universities. Five thousand demonstrators march from their respective college campuses to Boston Common, where they listen to speeches by a local women's anti-war group.

Later that month, Harvard students hold an "Indochina Teach-In," at which U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy (D-Minn.), New York Times associate editor Tom Wicker and MIT professor Noam Chomsky speak on behalf of the anti-war cause.

March 1971

Even as President Nixon proposes an end to student draft deferments on March 1, student attention is more closely riveted to events on campus: On March 7--International Women's Day--a group of women activists took over the Architectural Technology Workshop on Memorial Drive, demanding the creation of a permanent women's center on campus.

On March 10, Radcliffe President Mary I. Bunting (left) discusses the women's demands with their leaders and determines that a police bust may be the University's only option in the situation. On March 14, Professor of Law Archibald Cox warn the women that a raid will take place if they do not vacate the building. The next day, the women leave, but they vow to continue pressing for their demands.

April 1971

April sees the beginning of disciplinary proceedings for 24 Harvard students accused of disrupting a pro-war Counter Teach-In at the end of March by shouting down speakers. The University presses charges against three former students in Cambridge courts and bring eight students in front of hearings before the CRR.

In addition, Students for a Just Peace (SJP), who organized the Counter Teach-In, files charges with the CRR against 16 other students.

SJP begins planning a second Counter Teach-In. However, by the end of the month, campus events yield the spotlight to events taking place in the nation's capital.