Word: contras
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...security system you installed, you’d never park it anywhere. Same thing with bikes: If you lived in constant fear of theft, you’d never ride it anywhere, and certainly not in Cambridge. And let’s not forget politics. After Watergate, Vietnam, Iran-Contra, Clinton-Lewinsky and dozens of other episodes of the now-syndicated television show called “The Political Letdown,” why would anyone ever put faith in a politician? Because we have no other choice, we have to believe that the system works, if only...
Leonard W. Lu ’98 did not contra dance as an undergraduate, but like many other Harvardians discovered this underground world after entering the post-college social scene. Lu says many people are attracted by the analytical nature of contra dancing. “You can think of it as memorizing patterns of matrix rotations,” explains Lu, who is a member of the MIT contra club...
...Contra achieves the balance between innocent, friendly fun and the excessive groping of a Mather room party. Although eye contact and handholding are essential elements of contra, there are no overtly sexual overtones. “High school dances really suck, it’s all about avoiding contact and communication. Contra is the opposite and that’s why people keep coming back. It’s very intimate,” says Lieu...
...some it’s more intimate than for others. According to longtime dancers, many people have met their “sole” mates on the contra circuit. One of these lucky men describes his whirlwind romance in the context of folk dance: “We knew each other through local events and then took a Lindy workshop up in Saratoga Springs in February of ’99. Something just clicked and three years later we were married...
While Newman does not expect contra to act as a dating service at Harvard, he does think that it could bring a little more spirit to a sometimes-asocial community. Newman plans to found a Contra Club once he has established a base of support. After Thursday’s dance, it looks like he already has a few more contra converts...