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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Even with much of the world behind him, Boutros Boutros-Ghali's chances of winning another term as U.N. Secretary General are receding. France, China and Russia, members of the powerful Security Council, strongly support Boutros-Ghali, but the U.S. confirmed Thursday that it would use its Council...
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So in September when the graduate board proposed a 2 a.m. curfew, a ban on kegs and a increase in dues from $50 to $100 a month, the membership balked and the club remained closed.
By the late fall, "we had been without a club for a while," said Andrew M. Laurence '97. "So we went to the grad board and told them that everyone here is willing to pay the dues and would go by the rules."
For students who aren't members, these clubs--with expensive monthly dues, ritzy parties and beautifully decorated clubhouses--seem both an expression of Harvard's wealth and a direct contradiction to the egalitarian and meritocratic values espoused in academic and extracurricular spheres.