Word: elitists
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...staff were truly anti-sexist, it would advocate the integration of Wellesley too. And if it were truly anti-elitist, it would advocate the abolition of Harvard, or at least withdraw and transfer to some school with open admissions...
Similar to last year's dispute over the traditionally elitist Eliot House shirt, the house committee discussion centered around whether Adams' old-time image as an artsy haven still holds true...
Lewis goes on to note that the absence of women in the Fly and other final clubs is a relatively minor issue given the clubs' generally elitist nature. In other words, the fact that the clubs discriminate against women doesn't mean a whole lot when you consider that they also discriminate against people for a wide variety of other reasons...
...insofar as people unfamiliar with Harvard may think of the clubs as an important tradition of this University, their actions do present a problem for all of us, lending unfair credence to claims that Harvard itself is an elitist institution. As several members of Women Appealing for Change--the group that boycotted the clubs last year--noted in a letter to The Crimson earlier this week, the Fly vote "is an embarrassment to the student body and the alumni of Harvard-Radcliffe and undermines the values which Harvard is supposed to represent...
...takes full credit for press bashing. She nearly lifts out of the down- filled cushion when she remembers how unfair it was when journalists made her husband out to be an elitist by erroneously reporting that he didn't recognize a supermarket scanner. But she remarks on the novelty of using a juicer and discovering that you can order carryout for dinner...