Spanish TV At Harvard For Program

The television crew wandering around the Yard yesterday was not looking for an interview with just any Harvard student. Instead, they were looking for a Spanish-speaking undergraduate.

The crew is at Harvard to film short a documentary on student life at Harvard for TVE. Spanish national television.

The crew spent yesterday taping an interview with President Bok and questioning students in the Yard. Today they will concentrate on the Houses and finish up filming with an interview with Exective Director of the Alumni Association David A. Aloian '49.

The program, to be aired during prime time on a show similar in format to "60 Minutes," will focus on student and House life. Academically "the main thing you realize here is students are much freer to choose what they want. They have much more freedom to study what they want and they have their own opinions," said TVE's chief U.S. news correspondent. Ross M. Calaf.

"In Spain, professors are much more dictators," Calaf said.

Despite the freedom of opinion. Calaf said there was less student activism at Harvard than in Spanish universities. "Involvement in politics: that's different here. Everybody accepts what is going on."

The 15-minute documentary will be broadcast on June 2 throughout Spain and was prompted in part by interest due to King Juan Carlos of Spain's June 7 visit to Harvard to deliver the commencement address.