Word: eta
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...local example of such communications was the letter sent last year by members of the Harvard Pi Eta Club, which referred to women in terms that can be fairly described as lewd, insulting, and grossly demeaning. The same issue can arise in the case of speeches or communications that are patently anti-Semitic or vulgarly abusive toward people because of their sexual orientation. Although such statements are deplorable, they are presumed to be protected under the Constitution and should be equally so on the campus as well. Why? The critical question is. Whom will we trust to censor communications...
...this sense the Pi Eta Speakers Club--which is not one of the 10 final clubs--has a lead on its more exclusive brothers, having expressed its sexism in no uncertain terms in a newsletter last year that referred to women as "meaty but grateful heffers" (sic) and "slobbering bovines fresh for the slaughter...
Debate on the College's all-male clubs was first sparked by an incident at the Pi Eta Speakers' Club fall initiation. During the course of the ceremonies, 10 new members became so intoxicated they had to taken to University Health Services (UHS). Five of the members were held overnight at UHS because of excessive alcohol consumption. Commenting on the cases, Dr. William S. Kaden '56 said at the time. "It was a bit more than too much to drink. I mean, one can die of too much alcohol consumption...
...request of Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, the club's alumni board shut down the club temporarily following the incident while the College reviewed the matter. The club reopened a month later and Pi Eta officers subsequently agreed to proposals by Epps that some of the club's alumni supervise future initiations. But not before the incident had raised questions about both the nature of the clubs, and the extent of the College's jurisdiction over them...
...issue, which had largely quieted by spring, flared up again in April when a copy of the Pi Eta Club's official newsletter became public. The newsletter, which employed violent and crude sexual imagery denigrating to women, sparked a rally outside the club and calls for the University to censure the document. Both President Bok and Fox did issue statements condemning the newsletter, but no action was taken against the club or any individual members. Not all felt that the College should penalize the Pi Eta, but the incident served to point out the extent to which the private clubs...