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Final clubs have nothing to do with exams, and similarly, “punching” has absolutely no connection with boxing or violence of any form. The etimology of the term comes from the original drink of choice at final clubs?? member selection functions back in the day. While well-bred men scrutinized other well-bred men and decided between Groton, Exeter and Choate alums, they drank punch. Thus, the events came to be called “punch” events and the prospective members became “punches.” Punch, usually made...

Author: By D. B. Doroshow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Explained | 10/25/2001 | See Source »

...grants to the 12 undergraduate House committees and the $600 allotted to Dudley House will promote more social events such as “stein clubs?? and improved formal dances, according to council member Rohit Chopra...

Author: By William M. Rasmussen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Will Provide More Funds to Houses | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

...reason for surprise at the present fervor of Harvard undergraduates. At no time since the Thirties, and certainly not since the collapse of post-war idealism in 1948, has such a wave a political activism swept Cambridge. The sudden appearance, within a few months, of the single issue clubs??LCIC, SANE, 1001(f), and the Capital Punishment Committee—is tending to make obsolete the charge of “student apathy...

Author: By Jonathan R. Walton | Title: Sit in and Be Counted | 4/20/1960 | See Source »

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