Quite a discussion over at Blue Mass Group about the possibility of taxing the endowments of Harvard ($34b, according to the Globe) and other private universities in the Commonwealth.

Note to Harvard folks: Locked-down campus wifi unavailable to visitors doesn't make you any friends in this discussion.

Harry Mattison reports:

... Construction workers on Western Ave... have found several granite lion statues buried at the [Harvard] Science Complex site ...

Harvard University Police want to find out.

Geoff Edgers notes that the Harvard University Art Museums are now officially the Harvard Art Museum.

If Cambridge is going to fine a residents' group $300 for putting up fliers on city light poles, imagine how much it could make by fining Harvard for all the Harvard-related fliers around Harvard Square.

J.L. Bell posts a copy of the official rules for Harvard freshmen in 1741, such as:

No Freshman shall be saucy to his Senior, or speak to him with his hat on.

Make a note in your calendar for May 14, because that's when Harvard has its semi-annual Primal Scream naked-butt run. The Crimson reports the run will go on despite a recent Supreme Judicial Court ruling that people can be charged with open and gross conduct for disrobing in public.

No, it's not the Men and Women of Harvard showing their disdain for the laws of the Commonwealth, but because, the paper reports, the ruling only applies to public displays of nudity in which bystanders are not alerted (the Lady Godiva doctrine), and everybody knows the last night of "reading period" at Harvard is when people get nekkid.

Phew.

Rain doesn't stop them.

Modest women are offended.

Seeing your ex naked in public is just so awkward, especially when you're in the arms of your current flame (keep reading for proof that, yes, Lena Chen has run naked through the Yard).

Bathroom facilities are sparse, so plan ahead.

Little known fact: Running naked is kosher.

Naked Harvard butts.

Presumably the Cambridge Chronicle will attempt to upstage the Somerville Journal with even better coverage of naked college students.

ACLU claims Harvard police have their own political intelligence unit.

Last week, Harry Mattison wondered if Harvard would try to buy WBZ's 8-acre parcel on Soldiers Field Road to complete its purchase of the neighborhood (which also included WGBH's old studios). Looks like Harry was right.

There's trouble in River City as the city proposes renaming tiny Plympton Street as Halberstam Street to honor the memory of the late journalist and Harvard alum. As the Crimson reports:

... [Crimson President Malcom A.] Glenn and current managing editor Paras D. Bhayani '09 recently wrote a letter to the City Council, asking that the council refrain from renaming the street. Glenn said that while he is in favor of honoring Halberstam, he and other past and present Crimson reporters are very attached to the 14 Plympton St. address.

In his letter, Glenn said he suggested adding "Halberstam" as an honorary, but not official, part of the street name. ...