Word: comped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Quincy House Committee Social Chair; H/R Prefect Program, Yard Captain; WHRB, AR&B Comp Director; H/R Undergraduate Council; PBH Colprep Kids Tutor...
...claim to be legitimate social and service organizations unlike Cambridge's many final clubs. But F&Ss could hardly pass muster in the Dean of Students' Office as official student organizations--their exclusive membership policy precludes that possibility. The rushes can't exactly be compared to comps in other organizations, though they approach the Lampoon's comp in ostentatiousness...
Moreover, the F&Ss handicap themselves as service organizations by not accepting all hands who want to help. Would Philips Brooks House (PBH) ever turn away someone who wanted to work in the Mission Hill projects? One does have to complete a comp to become part of the Small Claims Advisory Service, for example, but anyone can comp and completion is all that is required. And at least the PBH organizations spend almost all their time helping people, rather than feting the new rushes...
Well, we at Dartboard would love to take advantage of these methods to publicize The Crimson's editorial comp. We called the Science Center Director's Office to find out if we, too, could table right outside Cabot's doors. Assistant to the Director of the Science Center Jane Vera had a shocking revelation! "The Undergraduate Council had been told to leave because they were not there with anyone's permission," she said. Those rogues...
...comp, despite the odd-sounding name, is a rather painless process on the news and editorial boards. Basically, you attend a few instructional meetings (sometimes led by Pulitzer Prize winning authors) and write a few pieces. When you finish your comp, you become an editor for life and your writing skills will probably be much improved. You also get to help shape the staff editorials, the unsigned pieces on the leftmost column of this page...