Word: social
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Helen L. McCreedy, a social worker who helps Southeast Asian refugees adjust to life in the U.S., introduced the forum by stressing the importance of understanding cultural differences when helping immigrants adapt to this country...
THAT'S right. I'm going to talk about hair loss, a subject that strikes fear into the hearts of Harvard men of all academic concentrations. Hair loss is a warning sign of our own mortality, and perhaps more importantly, of the passing of our social prime. One day, we too many become overweight and middle-aged men who have a bizarre affinity for barbecues...
...this explanation begs the question, then why try to join a national fraternity? Why not simply form your own group on campus and accept women if you are so eager to do so? Opportunities for social networking and help from a national office may be attractive, but they cannot be the reason for subverting the interests of the campus or the group's members...
...Harvard's most attractive features for many perspective students is its lack of selective social clubs. Although the final clubs are still a bane to the Harvard community, so we can at least take comfort that their members make up only about 5 percent of the student population...
Fraternities and sororities should be confronted and exposed for the truly anti-social institutions that they are. But if they are to fail, it should be because students choose to avoid them and not because unjustified rules are selectively applied aginst them...