Word: lampooning
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...Harvard Lampoon, Harvard Latin American Association, H-R Undergraduate Mathematics Society, Harvard Mountaineering Club, Harvard Music Club, Harvard Natural History Society, H-R November Ninth Committee, H-R Organ Society, Harvard Outing Club, Inc., Harvard Parachute Club...
...Lampoon--Although it is classified as some sort of tax-exempt museum, the Lampoon is as much of a final club as any one of the 11. It is a farce to think of it as anything else. The Poon uses the blackball system for elections, monthly dues are $15, and the Big Fun comes at the Thursday night dinners in the Castle, where the food-throwing might match that of the Three Stooges. Candidates seeking election must endure a hellish "Fool's Week," which in tedium can outdo any small college fraternity...
Actually, there was no great struggle in the Lampoon this winter or anything like that. In short, the newly elected leaders (who had been de facto leaders for half the previous year) calmly drove many Lampoon members away, leaving no one but charming, neurotic insiders and the obtusely dull hangers-on. While this cultural revolution was underway this spring, the Lampoonproduced virtually nothing. Their "Movies Worst" issue, two months late for the first time in memory, failed even to produce the humor innate in the conventional forms of that issue...
...when the Lampoon to publish a summer issue, it could elicit nothing but subtle smirks from the waiting readers. The issue is now out, however, and the effects of the cultural revolution are salient: the 20-page production contains only seven meager articles (none related to each other), costs a piddling 35 cents on the newstands (or free in Bow Street trash barrels), and is generally...
Otherwise, this Lampoon is rescued only by newcomer Nicholas Pilavachi, a freshman who contributes the bulk (i.e., two articles) of the issue. His first, "An Indian serenade," is written in such a self-conscious style that it is painful reading. His second, "Of Streetlamps and Fire Hydrants," is light and clever. It should be some time before the older poonies can teach him how to force humor...