Word: oldest
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...Jordan went through a six-week initiation period to join a national black fraternity, Omega Psi Phi. Omega is the third oldest black fraternity in the country and has 700 chapters nationwide that coordinate social, political and business activities. Among its 80,000 initiates, Omega counts such notables as Jesse Jackson, N.A.A.C.P. director Benjamin Hooks and Philadelphia's Mayor Wilson Goode. "It is another sort of community for me," says Jordan. "It is an organization made up of men who want to give something back to society." An omega tattoo on the left side of Jordan's chest symbolizes...
...seems the Harvard Corporation will remain the oldest corporation in the Western Hemisphere, especially with all the time it takes choosing new members. Bok & Co. still haven't found a successor to Andrew Heiskell, who resigned more than a year and a half ago, and now they have to find another board member to replace Treasurer Roderick M. MacDougall '51, who died last month...
...other foster parents look to Denise, who is the sickest child, and Tina, who is the oldest, and see possible futures for their children. A troubling prospect, either way, and this is the remarkable thing: they risk loving other people's children in the foreknowledge that they may see them...
Perhaps something is quietly passing us by as we are attending "the nation's oldest, richest and most prestigious college." Perhaps it is a good thing the student body here is "reputed to be one of the best in the country." The education, based on sound courses, attentive professors, well-organized departments and intelligent counselling, is the only thing missing...
Because Harvard is the oldest college in the country; because many perceive Harvard to be the best university in the country; because its house system is considered a model residential system; because Harvard is Harvard, it is easy to dismiss significant problems here as idiosyncratic, temporary or in line with national trends...