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Students wishing to recreate the better parts of the Middle Ages," for example, did so in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). A chapter of a national group bearing the same name, the Harvard branch attempted to reproduce the authentic food, clothing, activities, and social conventions of the Medieval period...
...approximately 20 Harvard SCA dians attended any number of weekly meetings where the participants practiced a variety of "special interests," including jousting, dancing, cooking, embroidering or calligraphy. The most involved members of the group seriously and thoroughly researched their craft or subject with a great competition among the members to be most genuinely medieval...
...item and zippers. "You have to have an idea of who you're trying to be If you want to be a peasant, don't buy velvet. You have to be authentic. People will point it out if you're not," says Dana Gass '85, who revitalized Harvard's SCA chapter last year...
While the smaller weekly meetings were said to be enjoyable challenges, active SCA dians confess they were mere stepping stones compared to the one grant-like monthly SCA event. Lasting up to 12 hours, these bashes may include a jousting match, a revel or feast, or the rare Coronation of a King and Queen...
Similar to the SCA in its attempt to tune out Harvard in a decidedly historical way was the Society for Interactive Literature Michael J. Massimilla '83 describes the club as a more sophisticated form of Dungeons and Dragons, a popular fantasy-adventure game with a cult following...