Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Joel B. Pollak '99 is a social studies and environmental science and public policy concentrator in Dunster House...
That home-like feeling is probably the Co-op's number-one advantage. As Ana Morrel-Samuels '00 remarked wryly, "there are no people in uniforms running around and wiping up." She comments also that "it gets rid of a lot of the social fluff that goes on in Houses and can make you feel really lonely." The small kitchen table is certainly a far cry from the melee of house dining halls, which few residents seem to miss. For the most part, they consider themselves dissatisfied with Harvard in one way or another, feeling like the administration focuses...
...that note, watch out for the social-climbing types and do exactly what they do. If you want to affect any coolness over the weekend you need some Dr. K tips...
...hard to overlook much of what is behind a fraternity's existence. As humorous as they may be, I have difficulty justifying hazing events such as "Food Beirut." (Especially knowing that hazing events at other schools are often far worse.) It is even more difficult to overlook the social ills and dangerous circumstances fostered by fraternities that at best result in uncomfortable social situations and, at worst, result in horrific events like the death of Scott Kruegger...
...role of the License Commission to enforce existing city statues. But if the purpose of these statues is to maintain order in the City of Cambridge, then the cancellation of these events is misguided at best. The entire purpose of House Committees is to organize harmless social functions--the sort of functions, one might add, that could actually keep students from doing other things that the law has deemed evil, like purchasing alcohol before living for 21 years. Despite the occasional "Debauchery Dance," House Committee events could not possibly be more innocuous. In a city fighting a daily battle against...