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...nonprofit, the space was previously occupied by Pi Eta, an all-male social club that folded shortly after a 1991 out-of-court settlement with a woman who alleged that she had been raped at the club. In the years before it closed, Pi Eta had become a regular object of controversy on campus. In 1979, a student was paralyzed from the neck down after falling during an initiation ceremony. In the early 1980s, the club drew severe criticism after 10 initiates were brought to University Health Services and a letter disparaging the club’s female guests...
...antique but resilient notion of Manhattan's glamorous otherness-of a WASP elite as tall, thin and gleaming as Deco skyscrapers, of an oasis of chic, an object of pride and envy for the white ethnics living in Brooklyn and the Bronx and Paramus and points west-has a lot to do with a 10-block patch of midtown real estate called Broadway. That's where the swells dressed up for the opening night of a Gershwin show starring Fred and Adele Astaire. The Woolworth Building, four miles down the street, was the Cathedral of Commerce; the village of legitimate...
...plebiscite to choose a mascot to replace John Harvard. At a school like ours, where individual ambition and competition for grades and extracurricular achievement are dominant forces, a mascot who symbolizes the unity of the College will be a tremendous asset. A powerful mascot will be a tangible object of affection for all students, as it will embody the grandeur of Harvard and call attention to the solidarity of the student body. I cannot claim that a mascot will stir the campus to a sudden devotion to school sports, but I can envision a mascot with a vigorous and animated...
...tumult of the least-developed continent.It is all a good deal of fun. The playful banter of unrestrained whiteys who have a serious, but not vested, interest in Africa lends itself to chat that would be verboten continent-side. The portly President of Tanzania has, for instance, been an object of singular ridicule, being described alternately as “voluptuous” and “jolly-seeming.”But in coming here, I have a more sober mission. I have spent my past three academic years growing ever more interested in the history of Africa. Last...
...social agenda in a state that clearly doesn’t want his policies. We do not challenge Romney’s legitimate right to launch a presidential campaign while in office, because planning a Presidential campaign must, out of necessity, start several years in advance. We do, however, object to his abuse of the legislature and blatant defiance of the will of his constituents. To use his personal time to prepare for his political future is one thing, but to hijack his state’s legislature and convert it into a national showcase of his political agenda...