Word: egalitarianism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...effort to satisfy both the traditional and egalitarian wings of Harvard’s Jewish community, Executive Director of Hillel Bernard Steinberg announced a change yesterday in Hillel’s policies on who may lead certain rituals...
...members and recently gained tax-exempt status for some donations. But even if the Fly decided to take women as members, it would still exclude the vast majority of the student population. Final clubs need to make far more radical changes to bring themselves in line with an open, egalitarian society than letting in a few of their members’ girlfriends join. From the viewpoint of social exclusivity, admitting women will make little difference. We urge all students, not just women, to boycott final clubs and push for more inclusive alternatives. The clubs’ exclusive membership policies...
...those rituals that contrast Harvard’s past elitism with its more egalitarian present, harried students, many rushing to take midterm exams, were shut out of large swaths of the Yard on Friday as dignitaries in suits sipped champagne in private receptions. But students were encouraged to attend the installation ceremony later in the afternoon and even got champagne with proper identification. In a notable bow to students’ role at the University, Undergraduate Council President Paul A. Gusmorino ’02 delivered the first student speech at a presidential installation in Harvard’s modern...
...profit, or maybe head to graduate school as a means of delaying the decision. The liberal education universities seek to provide is just an antiquated tradition, an activity (like croquet) once pursued by the leisured classes to occupy their time and no longer applicable to a changed, egalitarian world...
...Word on the street is Harvard girls are a fractured bunch. The Crimson Key Society Girls’ Club hopes to change all that. “We want to offer an egalitarian social venue where members of the Bee and Seneca can finally meet on common ground,” Jennifer W. Trotman ’02 said. More than a plate of a salad was consumed by the group’s 50 members at their first potluck dinner. “God, I am so fat,” opined Trotman?...