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...poor souls who once soared at the top of the Harvard social hierarchy and earned the loathing of decent students now deserve only our deepest sympathy. After the Inter-Club Council (the adults who make club decisions) banned kegs from the clubs, barred alcohol from punching events and even proposed to ban guests from the nine all-male institutions, clubbies across campus could be seen dabbing tears away with their silk pocket squares...
...Inter-Club Council's decision came after some typical club antics a week and a half ago: students reported that at least four and perhaps as many as eight club partiers were brought to area hospitals with symptoms of alcohol poisoning. Club elders--evidently afraid of the devastating impact of increasingly tough' liability laws--decided to clamp down on drinking...
According to two club presidents who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the Inter-Club Council, which includes a graduate president from each of the nine clubs, is telling the clubs not to serve alcohol during this fall's member selection process--a process known as punching...
Under the terms of an inter-club agreement, the five-week "punching" season ends on the Sunday night before Thanksgiving, when members meet to elect new members who have gone through a weeding-out process that involves attendance at social functions and outings...
...such a small group, the club historically has fared amazingly well in inter-collegiate and inter-club competition. Last year, for example, in Washington, D.C., at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Tournament, one of the biggest men's field hockey tournaments in the country, Harvard's squad lasted four rounds before being eliminated. Lasting four rounds against teams composed of Pakistanis and Indians that practice five times a week--"Practically professional," Patel declared--was no mean feat. "If we practiced that much," Patel added, "I think we could...