Word: shofner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shofner said yesterday they punched the women in an effort to expose the sexism of the traditional all-male membership and to test the reaction of the club members...
...Stewart Shofner '79 and Stephen A. Kowal '79, club members, gathered eight of their female friends and nominated or "punched" them for membership in the club under male pseudonyms...
...women were punched into the club two years ago, but were refused membership when several influential alumni withdrew their financial support because of the incident, Shofner said...
...believe final clubs have been personally insulting women for the last hundred years," Shofner said, adding that "hopefully people two years from now will take my actions further and admit women to the club...
...CURTAIN RISES, someone is pounding out Scott Joplin and vaudeville tunes on the upright piano in the corner. Credits appear like titles from a 1910 silent movie: "Executive Producer--John Cooper; Director--Evangeline Morphos; Set Designer--Martin Shofner." The Hasty Pudding Theater has been transformed into a nickelodeon for Measure for Measure. the premiere production of The Harvard Shakespeare Theater. It's an extraordinary and ambitious first appearance...