Word: porcellian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Anyway, the "vital and rich culture" that Hart mourns comprises freshmen swilling booze from hip flasks in The Stadium, blind dates with Radcliffe girls (sic) and parties at the Porcellian and Hasty Pudding clubs. Some culture...
...singled out the Fly not out of random maliciousness but because our resources and energies are both limited. Also please note that it is rather difficult to design a group name that denotes the effective demolition of creatures ranging from a boar (the Porcellian) to a fly. What can I say? Slogans will be slogans...
...going to shock you with an astonishing figure that I still have trouble believing: Did you know that (according to club members) after Harvard and M.I.T., the Porcellian Club has the largest endowment of any organization in Cambridge? That means that the P.C. has more money at its disposal than any of the many cultural or educational institutions in this area--like Lesley College, the Longy School of Music, St. Paul's Church and others too numerous to mention...
...member of the all-male Porcellian Club, says his final club membership would not impede his ability to moderate a discussion on any resolutions concerning the clubs. "I don't think my membership in a club necessarily precludes my ability to be impartial in a meeting on the club issue," says Lee, adding he would temporarily cede the chair if he "had something burning to say." The chairman votes only to break...
...SWAT)--access for women to the clubs is only the first step towards undermining the clubs' entire existence. Her suit attacks the clubs at their most vulnerable point, but their problem is not limited to sexism. The clubs have a long history of racism against Blacks and Jews. The Porcellian club admitted its first Black member only four years...