Word: finaling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deal hasn't yet been signed, but it seems likely that today will mark the final Commencement at which Radcliffe College will be represented in Tercentenary Theater as a college. In late April, the two schools announced that Radcliffe will relinquish its independence--and college title--and become the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study under the Harvard umbrella. Female undergraduates will no longer be admitted to Radcliffe College and then enrolled at Harvard; all admissions will be directly to Harvard College...
...instead focus on its mission of "studying women, gender and society" and expand its already-famous post-graduate research centers. As part of the restructuring, President Linda S. Wilson, who headed the college during the negotiations that shaped its future, will resign her post as Radcliffe's seventh and final president. On Tuesday night, the Radcliffe Board of Trustees conferred upon her the title of president emerita and named the directorship of the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute in her honor...
...course of five months, final clubs, the single-sex social organizations with a lengthy legacy at Harvard, have undergone a complete metamorphosis from fraternity-like party hot spots to their gentlemen's club roots...
Twenty years ago, most undergraduates had never heard of a final club, let alone visited one. But over the past two decades, as the clubs allowed non-members to enter, and as the randomization of the Houses detracted from campus social life, the clubs' buildings took on the role of party venues...
Although there have been no guest policy changes since the Spee announced its ban, other events have hinted at what the future of final clubs holds in store...