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...Raja G. Haddad ’05 is a published poet, co-founder of a film magazine, and a chef at Quincy Grille, among other things. Haddad is personable. If you ask, he will describe the details of an interesting film (“The Dreamers”) carefully and lovingly. He will eagerly mention his interest in law, in Social Studies, and in making crepes for late-night Quincy diners...
...Haddad is also currently the president of the Signet, a club that has been considered notoriously exclusive. It doesn’t seem to be the obvious place for a guy who wants to be friends with everyone...
...Haddad will happily tell you, however, that the interests of the current membership are broad. “They range from writers to visual artists, animators, dancers, humorists,” he said, smiling before adding, “philosophers—as many as possible...
...don’t think you can justify the existence of a society of arts and letters unless it’s productive,” Haddad explained. And for Haddad, productive means opening the Signet’s doors—if only slightly...
...Haddad isn’t the first one to try and open up the literary society. Indeed, the Signet was founded in 1870 as a reaction against The Hasty Pudding Club, whose influence on the campus the Signet founders found unfairly powerful...