Word: membership
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...Ultimately we like to think that membership stems from an underlying desire to remain connected to the Harvard community,” Harvard Club of Southern California President Ken S. Williams ’78 says. In addition to camaraderie, club membership also grants reciprocal privileges at all the other Harvard Clubs, social and cultural outings, and, of course, some fierce networking potential...
...businesses operating in a time of financial pressure, Harvard clubs in Boston and New York seize opportunities to remain pertinent. In order to achieve this goal, they hope to combat the recession by expanding membership. There seems to be two distinct routes. In New York, the Harvard Club requires that potential members have significant ties to the university, as outlined on their Web site. For example, an applicant could be a Harvard graduate or a faculty member of the University. In Boston, however, these membership requirements expanded to include partner schools such as Bryant University and Holy Cross. Membership expansion...
...January, the New York board will launch “Vision 2020,” a survey asking for member input on future projects. As their membership expands, the club hopes to pursue projects based on majority opinion rather than the opinions of particular individuals...
...Vincent Minelli, director of the Zurich-based assisted-suicide group Dignitas, says that "if a new law is passed, the only thing it would accomplish is an increase in clandestine deaths and in the number of suicides in general." Unlike EXIT, whose membership is restricted to Swiss residents, at an annual fee of $27, Dignitas has sparked repeated controversy by helping people from abroad die in its clinic, including non-terminal cases like that of Dan James, a 23-year-old British rugby player who was paralyzed from the neck down and who ended his life in Zurich last year...
...social profile on campus: he is a member of Crimson Key Society; a resident of the Pforzheimer Belltower, the House’s primary party suite; and a member of the Spee Club. While some may know him from crowded parties or final club escapades, Bowman asserts that his membership in the Spee, an organization defined by its exclusivity, has no impact on his beliefs and ethics...