Word: membership
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...student council that rarely engages in heated debate, I was pleasantly surprised when Sever 113 resounded with arguments and counter-arguments last Sunday night. However, I was disappointed with one of the arguments employed. Opponents of the resolution asserting that "final clubs, which currently bar all women from membership, are an embarassment to the Harvard Community..." argued that council members do not have the right to take a stand on this issue because they were not elected as political representatives...
...club functions as a social center for the members," says Steve U. Stechschulte, president of Princeton's Ivy Club. "They offer a more intimate atmosphere for students to meet than the residential colleges. Its membership is more tightly bound...
...Membership in a Greek house also means taking on the responsibilities of leadership, which in turn provides marketable skills, some members...
...trying to promote final clubs. I do not belong to one nor do I want to belong to one. If I had to choose, I would rather they didn't exist at all. But I don't believe that any of the hidden "benefits" from club membership real exist...
Even if there are any small benefits to be gained from belonging to a final club, there are many other opportunities for students to advance their careers at Harvard. Membership in a final club is only a miniscule part of that...