Crimson News Staff

From a fiscal nightmare to a campus shooting, 2009 had it all. See the stories, events and people that made the top headlines this past year.

Mather House Masters Sandra Naddaff and Leigh Hafrey announced in an e-mail to the Mather community at 9:30 Monday night that they will step down from the House’s helm at the end of this academic year.

Cabot House Masters Jay M. Harris and Cheryl L. Harris announced their intention to step down as Masters of Cabot House at the end of the academic year in an e-mail to the House earlier this evening.

After a decade as Eliot House Masters, Lino Pertile and Anna Bensted announced they would step down this June in a Thanksgiving e-mail to the House's listserv.

Peter F. Zhu '11 will lead the newly-elected 137th Guard of The Harvard Crimson, the paper's outgoing president announced today.

Associate Dean of Residential Life Suzy M. Nelson will become the dean of a newly-established Office of Student Life, the

UPDATED: 11:52 a.m. A New York man was arrested by Cambridge police yesterday evening and will be charged with the

Today Show co-anchor Matt Lauer will address the Class of 2009 on Class Day, the Senior Class Committee announced Tuesday.

CORRECTION APPENDED Law School professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. and Law School lecturer Stephanie Robinson have been chosen as the

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner John Updike ’54 died today of lung cancer at the age of 76. Updike was noted