Word: elitist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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REFERRING to males on campus causes no such problems, thanks to the nifty little word "guy." Hip males are called "cool guys." Studious males are referred to as "geeky guys." And elitist males are called "final club members...
...Bonfire has received great critical acclaim, but critics have also called it cynical, racist, elitist...
Berge retorted that he never asked any such thing, only a veto power over Barenboim's decisions. "I have absolutely no interest in artistic control of the new opera," he told TIME. Nonetheless, he argues that Barenboim's choice of classic works is "elitist." Says he: "The program established by Barenboim . . . satisfies neither President Mitterrand nor me." But he puts considerable blame for the furor on the maestro's exalted pay: "I offered Barenboim a salary of 4 million francs (($667,000)), but he would not accept anything less than 5 million...
This move would be most effective in eliminating the elitist nature of the clubs. Who could possibly boast to his friends, "Guess what guys? My prayers have been answered! I was punched by the Freshman Union yesterday! I'm going to a formal dinner there tonight!" The clubs would be open to women within days...
According to the conventional wisdom, the clubs are sexist, racist and elitist institutions totally at odds with the progressive university community next door. They have wild, orgiastic parties at which, if they do not hire prostitutes, drunk co-eds are hauled upstairs for a quick screw by several members on the nearest convenient piece of furniture. "Clubbies," we are told, think of women as objects to be excluded from one's social and intellectual circles and dragged bodily into one's bedroom or pool hall. "Zealots In Protest" scream about the club's collective "closed doors and open zippers." Blacks...