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...Harvard is planned by other people, constructed by other people," one female undergraduate recounts (unlike Schuyler, most students are reluctant to talk about this issue on the record, which in and of itself speaks volumes). As a result, from the day they arrive, female freshmen are faced with the fact that their place in a certain part of Harvard’s social hierarchy will depend on how they are evaluated by their male classmates. "You can literally be excluded from the social scene based on how men perceive you your freshman year," says one female senior. As an unavoidable...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Long Overdue | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

...only real solution is for the male clubs to do what they should have done a long time ago: accept women. The problem is that many club members don’t think this is a very good idea. When confronted with the fact that half of the student body is automatically excluded from their social institutions, most final club members don’t share my lack for words; instead, they respond with a number of justifications for the status quo, some with more merit than others...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Long Overdue | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

Final clubs eventually learned to thrive with Jews, blacks, homosexuals, and all sorts of other people who would have once been considered incompatible with the Rockefellers and Morgans who filled club dining rooms. The past teaches us that distinctions between people that appear fundamental at the time may in fact rest on dubious assumptions. Throughout history, well-meaning individuals have believed that the introduction of new elements into their social communities would ruin something important, but time and time again, history has proven them wrong...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Long Overdue | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

...dumb founded [with how it turned out,]” said the game’s overseer Michael J. Chance ’10. “I think it turned out better then I ever could have hoped, and I think that’s due to the fact that Kirkland is the kind of house where this stuff shines...

Author: By Stephanie E. Herwatt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Humans Prevail in Kirkland Humans vs. Zombies Game | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

...Solution: Don’t worry. You’ll probably spend most of Kid Cudi’s performance texting your friends at state schools about the fact that you’re watching Kid Cudi perform. You don’t really need to sing along or appear interested anyway...

Author: By Kylie S. Gleason and Kathryn C. Reed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: FM's Guide to Yardfest Survival | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

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