Word: poonster
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seems like a sweet life. You spend your days at Harvard ensconced in a castle. You occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine. You wear a funky little hat. And when you graduate, you get a posh job as a comedy writer. Welcome to the life of a 'Poonster...
...Poon officially denied planning amillennial party when chief `Poonster Matthew C.Warburton'00 said, "New Year's Eve is landing on aFriday night this year, so I imagine I'll bewatching `Boy Meets World...
Isaacson keeps in touch with his Harvardclassmates--one of them is Evan Thomas '73, aformer assistant managing editor for Time--andstill sees a 'Poonster buddy...
...know anything about it. It's not a Lampoon joke," said Poonster President Matthew J.T. Murray...
...late Monday night--just as I begin planning my march up the steps of the Castle and the improvised secret knock I'll use to gain entrance--when, finally, I locate a 'Poonster who's willing to discuss the organization. To my surprise, the upperclassman admits right away that the Lampoon was behind both the parodies and the Hasty Pudding prank. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, he explains, "I felt sorry for freshmen who were taken in, but maybe it made people think about institutions like [the Pudding]." He rejects my suggestion that the Lampoon has undergone some radical...