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When Harvard officially severed ties to the Fly and the eight other final clubs four years ago, the clubs lost the right to use Centrex service and University steam heat...
...request also included queries about the club's tax status, the way it lets freshman know about its existence, whether the club is rented out for parties and whether it is on Harvard's Centrex phone system or has a mailbox on campus...
Four years ago, Harvard severed its ties with the clubs, depriving them of the right to use low-priced University steam heat and Centrex phones...
Yale's seven secret societies accept only seniors, about 12 each year, and are Yale's equivalent of Harvard's final clubs. The societies have no formal ties to the university, own their own land, are not on a centrex phone system and are not recognized as official student organizations, said Walter Litell, a Yale spokesman. Like the final clubs, they have been accused of being networking organizations and "bastions of elitism...
...MCAD to be able to rule in the case, the quasi-governmental body must establish that it has jurisdiction, which is dependent on the clubs being found to be a significant part of Harvard life. After the formal break from the clubs, the University cut off their Centrex service, steam heat, police service, and most recently, made the Harvard-owned portion of the Fly Club Garden more accessible to non-club members. With the formal ties nearly all severed, Schkolnick's case may prove difficult...