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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Third?" he bellowed. "Holy Crimson...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Of Jellybeans and Ivy League Rankings | 10/19/1989 | See Source »

...Crimson booster nearly leaped out of his insignia sweatsuit at this sight. The folks at U.S. News & World Report were headed in the right direction, he said, but they had stopped way short of completion. "How in the name of Widener," he swore, "could anyone judge a school on just five broad criteria...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Of Jellybeans and Ivy League Rankings | 10/19/1989 | See Source »

...face was crimson with rage...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Of Jellybeans and Ivy League Rankings | 10/19/1989 | See Source »

...honest. I laughed. And I don't believe that a single Crimson Key member can be fairly accused of believing in sexist stereotypes. But the same jokes which are funny at Crimson Key get-togethers around a VCR take on new meaning in the context of orientation to Harvard...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: When a Joke Is No Joke | 10/18/1989 | See Source »

...When Crimson Key members shout "bitch!" every time the female protagonist comes on screen, first-year students get the impression that sexist attitudes are acceptable here. For all their claims about not singling out women, Crimson Key members would never shout classic racist epithets or homophobic slurs at the movie screen...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: When a Joke Is No Joke | 10/18/1989 | See Source »

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