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FEW students would deny that Harvard lacks a vibrant social scene that cuts across house lines. Not only are the final clubs morally repulsive, they are extremely exclusive. The student center is nonexistent.
So perhaps the women's club wants to have parties where men are invited? The men could come and socialize with the women when and only when the women choose to invite them. Hmmm, it sounds vaguely familiar. Do we want to answer elitism and sexism with more of the...
ONE reason that at least two of these groups claim that they cannot accept members of the opposite sex is that the national organization will not allow it. Fraternities are traditionally all-male, explains Sigma Alpha Mu member Richard M. Geyser '90-'91.
But this explanation begs the question, then why try to join a national fraternity? Why not simply form your own group on campus and accept women if you are so eager to do so? Opportunities for social networking and help from a national office may be attractive, but they cannot...
Harvard also refuses to recognize groups that are affiliated with national organizations, and we support this policy. Not only do the students who run these groups have no control over the larger direction of the organization--such as whether to admit women--but Harvard has much less control over the...