Word: froshes
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During pre-frosh weekend last spring, RUS and Perspective distributed a small yellow pamphlet detailing the history of finals clubs at Harvard and trying to establish a broader link between male social groups and sexual assault. To many women in CASV and RUS, the pamphlet addresses a safety issue, not necessarily a political one, nudging its pre-frosh readers away from partying in the clubs during that weekend. “The emphasis is that you have other options,” says Tavel...
They point out that pre-frosh men are less likely to gain access to the clubs, while their female counterparts might find more open doors. But they emphasize that the issue does not begin and end with final clubs...
...never wanted to take a stand because everyone would say ‘oh the feminists are trying to shut down the clubs,’” says Watson of RUS. The group plans to revise and redistribute the pamphlet at this year’s pre-frosh weekend...
...high-profile incident in April 2001, a hacker posted a message saying “Harvard sux” on the home page of the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid—just in time for pre-frosh weekend...
This week The Yale Daily News announced, under the headline “Barely Legal Frosh Pose as Pin-ups,” that a dozen male Trumbull College first-years had bared their chests for a $7 calendar, with proceeds to benefit an organization called Women for Dignity and Self-Reliance. While such comfort with the scantily clad male body is both rare and laudable in frosty New England, the Yale calendar unfortunately exhibits the prudishness and lack of self-perception we have come to expect of Elis...