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...Women in the club are allowed everywhere men are, so there are no secret spaces,” he writes in an e-mailed statement. “Other things like the culture of the club and our membership are the strongest preventative measures but are the least tangible...
...Although officials in Adams House said that this room doesn't have a name, they did give us permission to christen it the "Sean Palfrey Parlor," after the Adams House Master. To find this very secret study space, enter Adams' Randolph Hall from Bow Street and walk up the first flight of stairs. Before walking up a second set of stairs (and into Adams G entryway or the Adams' courtyard), look to the right. You'll spot a small room with two unbelievably comfortable chairs and accompanying coffee tables. As few Adams House residents are even aware of this room...
KEEPING IT SECRET...
Where this book succeeds most is on the level of satire. Unlike in his previous books, Palahniuk does not show his readers a secret or paranormal world, but instead takes one especially familiar to most modern audiences and exaggerates its flaws to significant comic effect. For example in one scene, Katherine Kenton decides to adopt a child, and after an extended perusal of infants, she decides that none of them go with her newly painted walls. There is a similar kind of witty iciness throughout, which gives off the air of certain modern celebrities under the guise of a distant...
...event—sponsored by the Harvard College Human Rights Advocates, the Institute of Politics, and Kirkland House—Styron told stories about joining protests with college students in Germany, being invited to a secret meeting of Poland’s underground resistance movement with author Kurt Vonnegut, and attending the Amnesty International World Concert Tour with Peter Gabriel and Bruce Springsteen. "It was the most fun I’ve done with anything in my life," Styron said...