Word: buts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Discontent over Harvard's anemic social life, both campus-wide and within the houses, has inspired many students to seek alternatives. Some men join one of the nine all-male final clubs. But for most students--all women and those men who do not fit in these sexist and elitist...
Many have sought solace in the formation of three--you guessed it--single-sex social organizations, two of which hope to become chapters of national fraternities. But, beyond solace, these groups move towards a conscious trend of selectivism which cannot be attributed entirely to poor social life, but rather demonstrates...
But the issue is not merely whether the new organizations, unlike the final clubs, will have any socially redeeming value. If public service were really the primary aim of these students, they could find plenty of other organizations at Harvard through which to channel their altruistic impulses. The Phillips Brooks...
Surely Harvard's social scene could use some rejuvenation. But creating even more exclusive social organizations is not the right way to correct these deficiencies. New clubs will simply further factionalize the student body by providing more ways to gather in small groups, separated from the rest of Harvard students...
Not surprisingly, the organizers of these factions have claimed that their clubs will not be exclusionary. But if a club's raison d'etre is social activity, how else will they choose their members except on the basis of personal attributes as important as cocktail-party banter?