Word: policiese
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Rising from this backdrop are policies that demonstrate the clubs' male chauvinism. Men are asked to arrive at punch events several hours before their dates are allowed to arrive. During all-male hours, members mingle with punches and everyone gets fairly drunk. Then the dates pour in, the next act...
A lavish setting, a vodka-tonic, a tray of hors d'oeuvres, then well-dressed dates for everyone--the dynamic is unhealthy. It doesn't matter whether the women enter knowingly; the club's policies create a dangerous dichotomy between the "socially relaxed host," who provides the space, the drinks...
The problem, it seems, stems largely from the clubs' monopoly on the Harvard party scene. If there were more options for students to drink or dance elsewhere, we wouldn't need to tolerate the attitudes and actions of members. But like all monopolies, final clubs determine their own morals and...
And here at Harvard, groups like BAGELS and Cornerstone are devoted to discussing how homosexuality and religious faith intersect. The gay community does not oppose religion itself--indeed, many gays and lesbians are as faithful as their neighbors. What we do object to are hostile words, actions and policies cloaked...
At the Oct. 9 meeting of the Business Council, a gathering of mostly FORTUNE 500 execs, the mood might have best been described as resolute, reflecting a determination to make the best of what most of the attendees regard as a fast-approaching worldwide recession. A survey of 75 of...