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...seventh annual Lincoln Day Dinner on Saturday. The formal celebration of Lincoln’s legacy and Republican ideals was held in Eliot Dining Hall, where white tablecloths littered with pennies and a hand-drawn elephant greeted the 150 students in attendance—a record, according to HRC President Colin J. Motley ’10. Past speakers at the event have included conservative activist Star Parker and Michael S. Steele, who has since been elected chairman of the Republican National Committee. The evening began with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, led by HRC Secretary Rachel...
...Unfortunately, some Republicans apologize for the few waves they make. In 1985, HRC president Mark Lagon chided the Crimson for portraying the club as a group of pro-life “extremists.” In 1995, HRC vice president Scott Tribble asserted, “We are not the stereotypical bad-guy Republicans who are rich and hate minorities and women.” And in 2000, HRC vice president Michael Housman agreed that the club had been uninviting to moderates since “[s]ome people would even wear coats and ties to meetings...
...Election Night Party in the adjacent JFK Jr. Forum are only somewhat muted. But the prospects of an upset grow dimmer as the projection screen in front of the room reports one blue state after another. For Colin J. Motley ’10, President of the HRC, the tendency of exit polls to exaggerate offers some hope, but overall things are “not too positive.” The loss of New Hampshire to the Republicans stings the attendees on a more personal level. Jordan A. Monge ’12 speaks of spending the past...
...leaders of HRC plan to bring prominent conservative speakers to the campus, such as former Mass. Gov. Paul Cellucci, who was recently hosted at Harvard by the club...
Another perennial issue for the HRC is increasing the presence of the Reserve Officer Training Corps on campus, which Harvard has opposed because of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that bans openly-gay individuals from serving in the military...