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They used to say that Dunster House was where "geek meets chic." Nowadays, the extremes have been toned down: there are still geeks, but they're somehow less geeky. And Dunster's once-infamous crowd of the Euro-chic has magically been transformed into a forceful contingent of the radical chic. Yes, Dunsterites tend to be very liberal and frequently artistically-inclined, but thankfully, they lack the smoky snobbiness that characterizes their Adams House cousins...
...more importantly, they want respect. "Until the words `nerd' and `geek' become terms of approbation and not derision," reads their Manifesto, "we do not stand a chance...
...When [SONG President] Jeremy Kahn told me he was forming this organization, I realized that I was a closet nerd or geek by the way I was leading my life up until this point and all the things I think about," said Widerman. "I find myself being stereotyped in a way that I have fought against all my life...Clearly people have some conception of what nerds or geeks are supposed to look like. I don't look like that, but somewhere in my own mind I think of myself...
Though he may not look like a geek, Widerman definitely does not come across as a stud. The former Crimson wrestler is 5-ft., 2-in. tall, 118-lbs. and balding. Aside from being Harvard's assistant wrestling coach, Widerman is a strict vegetarian who teaches yoga and dance classes at Harvard...
...society's long-term social calendar already includes movie showings of Real Genius, Stand and Deliver and, of course, Revenge of the Nerds. Plans for an all-geek dance where only non-dance music will be played are also in the works...