Newsmakers

Financial Advice

For years, Ann Landers has been helping victims of lost love and unwelcome house guests. Now she's following some of her own good advice by donating $1 million for a Medical School scholarship fund. Landers--whose real name is Esther P. Lederer--says she is making the donation in honor of Derek Bok. In fact, Landers once complimented Bok's prominent proboscis in her column. Or maybe that was Dear Abby.

The Epps Center?

Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III this week announced relief for student publications currently crammed into leaky basement offices in Memorial Hall. A new campus publication center will open this September, providing students with "up-to-date" computers, offices and telephones. Epps says the facilities will only be temporary, though, until a student center is built. We're not holding our breath.

Doing the Yard Thing

It was announced this week that Virginia L. Mackay-Smith '78 will step in and oversee Harvard's first-year students while a permanent dean is sought. Mackay-Smith, along with long-standing associate dean and famous dog-walker W.C. Burriss Young '55, will no doubt have a full agenda next year. Rumored to be top-priority: Whether to allow the Crimson Key to continue to shout inane comments at "Love Story."