22 - The Board of Ministry appoints a task force to research the possibility of allowing same-sex ceremonies in Memorial Church.

23 - The Undergraduate Council passes a resolution to add transgender people to its constitution's non-discrimination clause. Alex S. Myers '00, a transgender student, is instrumental in encouraging the council make such an amendment. One week later, Stephen J. Mitby '99, a council member who opposed the resolution, received hate mail outside the door of his Lowell House suite.

March 1997
6 - Former University Provost Albert Carnesale is confirmed as chancellor of the University of California at Los Angeles. On April 3, Dean of the School of Public Health Harvey V. Fineberg '67 is chosen as the new provost.

12 - In an ongoing effort to revitalize Loker Commons, members of the Memorial Hall advisory committee announce that they will replace Loker's flower shop and book swap with a television lounge. This decision woul would ultimately have little effect on the underground center's popularity.

14 - A 65-page report released to Faculty by members of the Core review committee calls for the creation of a new Quantitative Reasoning requirement and reduction of the number of required Core courses from eight to seven. QRR courses are added to the Courses of Instruction in time for the Class of 2003 while the committee's second recommendation is still under consideration.

April 1997
1 - An untimely snow storm dumps two feet of snow on the Boston area, causing Governor William F. Weld '66 to declare a state of emergency. While the rest of the Bay State shuts down, Harvard's classes stay open, forcing some faculty members to ski their way to campus.

6 - Anti-gay graffiti appears in Dunster House's G-entryway during the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Students' Association's first Queer Harvard Month.