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After attending an activities meeting in Dunster House, Schauss realized that there were no existing clubs that captured her interest. Instead of giving up, she decided to form a group that would introduce students to a culture as warm as its climate is cold. Gathering supporters, she founded the Harvard-Radcliffe Scandinavian Folk and Culture Society...
...Schauss, who is now president of the organization, pitched her idea to others in her Swedish B class and found two willing accomplices--Marcelline M. Block '01, who is also a Crimson editor, and Elizabeth A. Chiappa '01. The three sophomores had taken Swedish A together last year and were frequent participants at the Wednesday night Swedish table in Leverett House...
...Schauss notes that Block and Chiappa, the club's vice president and secretary, are not of Scandinavian ancestry...
...Schauss stresses that the club is not just for people of Scandinavian descent...
...whole point [of an ethnic organization] is to raise awareness of the culture and spark people's interest if we can," Schauss says...