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...unique in that it stood outside the rigidly elite final club hierarchy. An 1953 article in the Pi Eta News explained, “The most striking trait of most clubs in our system is their exclusiveness, for, due to high expense and restrictive policies, many clubs only elect men from private schools. This obviously limits from the start the variety of personalities represented in each club. Within this restricted atmosphere Pi Eta is an exception. Our group is made up of almost every type of personality at Harvard—athletic, intellectual, well-to-do and scholarship holders, private...
...drunken, turquoise-shirted meltdown for new Crimson Key elect and first-time drinker Amir C. Daharphuni ’04. “I am TRASHED!” he exclaimed as he attempted to open the front door to Lowell by sticking his pinky finger in the card swipe slot post-initiation. “Do you like my TIE?” he yelled to the card swipe machine. “It’s turquoise too! HA!” He then yakked on the card swipe machine, rendering it useless and yak-encrusted...
...definitely has been an issue, even when there were just rumors flying around,” said Sherman, who is also president-elect of the Black Men’s Forum. “This whole controversy is really making students think twice—and that second thought could make students go somewhere else...
Wealth advisers say that your heirs should be told by their teens if they stand to inherit a sizable amount and should start learning how to manage it. Early disclosure gives you time to groom them for a life of philanthropy, civic duty or other worthy pursuits, should they elect not to work for money. If you doubt that your heirs are prepared, test them with an early gift and see what they do with it. If they mess up--say, by blowing it all on a series of vacations and paying for their friends too--or seem...
Last year, for example, Lawrence H. Summers, who was then the University’s president-elect, invited newly selected juniors to a dinner as part of his early efforts to learn more about the Harvard community...