Word: granieri
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same roommate remembers matching wits with Granieri at Trivial Pursuit during exam period. Granieri answered all the questions correctly. "The first game, I never got a turn," says Miller...
That kind of celebrity has also returned under a slightly different guise during his time at Harvard. In Mather House, Granieri has won a reputation as a some-time buffoon, not immune to beckoning applause. "If it's possible for a conservative Republican to be a kind of flake, Ron is a kind of flake," says Kaufman...
Mather residents were treated to shades of Lee Atwater when Granieri stripped down to his boxer shorts during a rendition of Frank Sinatra's "All of Me" as part of a Mather Lip Sync contest. Granieri won first prize. He later took honors as the house's Most Unforgettable Character...
...which has led Granieri to coexist peacefully with even his staunchest political opponents. His roommate for two years was Joseph H. Cice '89-'90, who has since become co-chair of the BGLSA. (While Cice's door displays stickers for the environmental group Greenpeace, a bumper sticker on Granieri's door urges support for the Contras, noting that "Every Communist they kill now is one less you'll have to face later.") Granieri says the homophobia controversy put a strain on their relationship, but that the two are still friends...
...whatever concessions he has made at the level of friendships, Granieri remains true to his cause. During a recent torrential rainstorm, Granieri found himself standing without an umbrella in front of Revolution Books, a store in Harvard Square selling the likes of Mao and Engels. Did he seek shelter in the bookstore? "I preferred to get soaked...