Word: membership
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then the Pudding became more popular, as a fun place to drink and party on Thursday nights and occasional weekends. The club had to start a lottery for membership slots. Sounds fair, right? Of course, the officers' friends were more equal than others in the lottery, but anyone who lost out in the lottery their first time around was assured of a win the next semester...
...Faculty membership would be composed as follows: two members chosen from the 13 senior tutors of the houses, three faculty members chosen from a Faculty of Arts and Sciences hearing panel and a representative chosen from the Graduate School Administrative Board...
...this year things are different. Membership has increased from six to 30 members, and for the first time, the group has an executive board of directors, Sam says. "Hopefully we'll turn the thing around...
...Actually, sir, we encourage it." Rutger interjected, holding out his 'I'm NRA' membership card. "We Americans love our leisure time...
That, however, is exactly what has happened. Last week, the Pudding powers that be decided to jack up dues, tighten admissions and reinstate the tradition of giving honorary memberships to the presidents of Harvard final clubs. In the recent past, the 216-year-old organization has made efforts to open itself up by admitting women and accepting almost everyone who applied for membership. That trend seems to have reversed itself. The Pudding has made a move toward exclusivity at a time when it has become more dependent on the university of which we are all a part--a time, that...