Word: halpern
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...Greg Halpern ’99 says that while he was an active member of The Phoenix, the club was “fairly divided” on the possibility of punching women...
While in college, Halpern met with a female dean about the possibility of opening final clubs to women, “thinking she would be sympathetic.” But she and other administrators took a hands-off policy—the same kind they maintain today...
...think that’s sort of a cop-out on the university’s part,” Halpern says. “I’m sure a lot of their money comes from club people who want to see the clubs remain for ages and ages. To me, when they don’t take action, those statements speak very loudly about the school’s value system. I think that influences the education that people receive...
Like other Harvard institutions, final clubs are slow to change. “I think it will happen, but it will just happen slowly,” Halpern says...
...hope intentional. Lenin (Daemon Pratt) and his wife Nadya (Lauren B. Brodsky ’06) make a well-balanced couple, with Lenin as a charismatic, harsh idealist and Nadya as an even harsher pragmatist. Cecily (Joanna N. Leeds ’04) and Gwendolen (Andrea V. Halpern ’07) are, despite their cheerfulness, among the most serious characters in the play, which they well display in a polite dialogue that turns into veiled viciousness, complete with slightly-too-hard friendly pats...