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...last hope for WAC--The Fly Club--recently decided not to admit women. This means WAC's potential impact is seriously diminished, along with student interest as momentum slows from last year's initial push...
...admit I don't mind listening to Billy Joel talk. In fact, when "River of Dreams" came out, I stayed up late to watch him schmooze with Letterman and Leno...
Worse even than the club's decision was the manner in which it was defended by Fly President Robert M. Carlock '95. On the one hand, Carlock went so far as to say, "If we were the first [to admit women], we would have a monopoly on the female population [on campus]." Such pure motivations...
...though, have reacted more strongly. Women Appealing for Change (WAC), the undergraduate group formed last year to boycott the final clubs until they admit women, issued the following incensed, if slightly hyperbolic statement: "This decision is an embarrassment to the student body and the alumni of Harvard-Radcliffe and undermines the values which Harvard is supposed to represent...
...that the shows' producers will acknowledge that anything as undignified as a battle is taking place. The Extra folks are positioning themselves as a companion, not a competitor, to Entertainment Tonight. E.T.'s producers, meanwhile, barely admit to noticing their upstart rival. This despite the fact that E.T. has introduced a new set, jazzed up its visuals to match the more frenzied (and supposedly younger-oriented) style of Extra, and now plasters its logo on the air constantly, to make sure viewers don't forget which show they're watching...