Word: porcellian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Porcellian president Paul K. Nitze '00 evaded the lottery process for parking. And just because he has a brand new, shiny car. Or, so the story goes...
...that they mean to be intimidatingothey're quite friendly and a number of them won't look their interlocutors in the eye for more than three seconds. But strength lies in numbers, and the Kroks end up like punchmasters more than anything else, except that, as one Porcellian member points out to me, the Krokodiloes make their judgements based on some kind of objective merit. Krok showmanship comes through even in auditions; between numbers in any concert, the Kroks always clasp their hands together in front of them. As Hicks makes an announcement to the auditioners, the arc of singers...
...have never had a conversation with the women who sits on the steps of the Porcellian. I don't know her name, I don't know where she grew up, I don't know where she sleeps at night, I don't know what friends and family she has, I don't know what her health problems are, I don't know what her work history is like, or what options she has for supporting herself...
...more sense. And speaking of not making sense: an obese beggar? Am I missing something here? It is a combination as foreign as a keg-standing priest or a thought-provoking Core section. Perhaps, however, the ample frame partly explains her choice of occupancy in front of the Porcellian Club. Shacking up before any other similar locale--the Fox, the Owl, the Fly--would imply an agility and spryness far too incongruous for our portly panhandler...
...Porcellian: Not to embarrass this little modest club by bragging on their behalf, but the Porcellian has won the award ten years running of "most democratic use of an endowment that exceeds $100 million." Members of this club can look forward to secret lunchesand secret community service. Other activities involve allowing a homeless woman to beg outside their entrance because of a lack of a viable legal recourse...