Word: clubbing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Former treasurer of the Kirkland House Committee Sam Yagan '99, admits that allocation of HoCo funds are "based on the whim of the people present at any particular meeting." Inevitably, committees favor certain investments: Kirkland's HoCo subsidizes the Boat Club; Cabot's Weight Room "Czar" Marty Thiry '00, requested $3,000 to refurbish the weight room, and Lowell's HoCo succeeded in extending dining hall hours. Apportioning is also made in the name of the zany and the philanthropic, from Leverett HoCo's $200 kazoo purchase for their Winter Carnival to Kirkland House's support of a dining hall...
Oreskovich is co-captain of the Crimson Women's Tennis Club, and also volunteers with Sing Boston, a group that sings and carols in Boston-area nursing homes and hospitals...
...Playboy magazine named the Hong Kong "Harvard's Hottest Hangout." Paul waxes nostalgic: "Back then it wasn't considered socially irresponsible to drink. Every night, the whole week, it was just crazy in here." To capitalize on the country's alcoholic inclinations, Sen started the 69 Club. The qualifications for membership? Drink all 69 varieties of beer that the Kong serves. For every 69 customers who complete the gauntlet, the Kong mounts a commemorative plaque on its wall. According to Paul, there are some folks who have earned their membership 20 times over...
...much. They have exams, papers..." So, Paul shifted his focus to an older clientele. He says he tried to go after the graduate school crowd, but with only marginal success. In 1993, he made the propitious decision to transform the third floor into a dance club. He booked D.J. Tim Mann and hoped for the best. What he got was hordes of hip-hop-loving African Americans who, for the past nine years, have kept coming back. Paul laughs, "They never take a break. They're here every weekend, the same people. They come from as far away as Maine...
...contrast, the French Club's modern French rap performance at this year's show was particularly refreshing. One club member began the performance by coming on stage wearing a beret and carrying a loaf of bread. He immediately dashed both to the ground, grabbing instead a microphone and starting to rap. His implicit statement: yes, berets and French bread define one part of my heritage, but don't think that you completely "understand" my sense of identity or me. Rather, he chose to show us the influence that hip-hop music and culture have had on his identity. If other...