Word: frats
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...toga parties aren’t as rollicking as Dartmouth’s, and its frat scene is sleepy compared to Cornell’s, but Harvard has made a major move to improve its Greek life. Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) opened an office in Nafplion, Greece last month as part of an effort to expand the University’s international programs. The office, which was officially opened on Sept. 18, will serve to coordinate opportunities for undergraduate and graduate study abroad, faculty research, summer school, and other endeavors in Greece...
...head. When asked what he would do if he were walking down the street when he knew no one was watching, he responded, “I would start dancing,” and said he hoped everyone around him would break out into a choreographed dance. Frat boys who love to play his albums at keggers might also be surprised to know that he doesn’t drink. “I’ve never had an alcoholic drink in my life,” he said. His drink of choice? Lemonade...
...culture and Jewish values,” according to Borschow, Sigma Chi and SAE strive to throw rush events that will entice the percentage of Harvard males who do go Greek. Sigma Chi owns a Victorian manse on Massachussetts Avenue, but as same-sex organizations without official group status, frat boys struggle with their inability to poster or use Harvard-owned space. Rush events vary from appetizers at Uno’s to paintball trips. Fraternities consider rush the start of their efforts to fill a social void at Harvard. According to SAE’s president (also known...
...acquaintance of mine recently asked me if Harvard was “a big party school.” As images of stumbling frat boys snorting cocaine off of mirrored tables came to mind, I instinctively replied, “no.” My acquaintance scoffed, as if to alert me to the social superiority of his school to mine, inquiring, “When was the last time someone actually died at a party?” Unsurprisingly, I was taken aback: he was using number of deaths by alcohol poisoning as an indicator of the quality...
...character has hooked web-surfers since his inception with his blend of down-home folksiness and frat-boy antics. He first gained national attention when he hungrily mused about the existence of "yellow cake" in Niger. His failed attempts to locate the tasty dessert were widely chronicled, but most of his audience seemed not to care; they were simply happy to be along for the ride with this charismatic personality, whose most salient trait is his ability to give others humorous nicknames...