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...really doesn't matter; these stereotypes are just that--stereotypes--and as such reveal the ignorance of the propagandist who chooses to use them when blaming final clubs for campus ills. Grouping final clubs into an institution that represents all that is wrong with America is absurd. I contend that a final club member in such a hostile environment feels much like the Harvard student reluctant to "drop the H-bomb" in certain company; both individuals fear that their affiliation will subject them to derogatory labels and character judgments...
...HRAACF members contend that their exclusion from the event goes against this commitment to diversity...
While Harvard may have one less bullet in the holster on offense this weekend, the Crimson defense will have to contend with some of the ECAC's most potent firepower...
...Friday, Harvard had to contend with Princeton's cavernous Jadwin Gym and its 6,408 screaming, taunting faithful. Last year the Jadwin crowd actually garnered a technical foul for rocking the Harvard basket by jumping up and down in the bleachers...
...Barkers will also challenge that 1997 sale of 280 acres of their farm at auction to local real estate developer Ossie Smith. They contend that local officials denied their eldest son, Phillip R., the right to purchase the farm at its appraised price after the foreclosure--even though he had the financing to do so. They also claim that Smith bulldozed the grave of Dorathy's father on the property--despite a court-ordered stay pending outcome of the class action. Smith refuses to comment on the allegation...