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...Founded last March by 19 women, The Seneca joined the ranks of the Bee and sororities Theta and Delta Gamma (DG), all of which have struggled to make a name for themselves over the past 10 years...
...Averell '02 is discovered stowed away in the restroom of a Delta Express jet while attempting to get to home in time for Thanksgiving after learning his seat had been given away by the airline. He is arrested by Logan Airport security officials...
Averell says he arrived on time, but Delta Airlines ticket agents shunted him into different lines. By the time he made it to the gate, the flight had begun boarding standby passengers. Even though he had a ticket, Averell was denied a seat on the 6:15 p.m. flight. The agents told him they would try to get him on a standby flight--on Thanksgiving morning...
...larger historical pattern: soldiers enlisted in the two World Wars are generally upbeat and optimistic, brimming with good-natured confidence. By contrast the G.I.s of the cold war, fighting in Korea and Vietnam, write letters of doubt and confusion, unsure whether dying in a Chosin Reservoir crater or Mekong Delta rice paddy for Old Glory made practical sense. Fear of death, however, permeates them all, no matter in which bloodstained decade they were composed...
...Averell is something of a campus celebrity, known for his on and offstage theatrics--including his arrest last fall for sneaking aboard a Delta flight bound for Philadelphia...