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Both Luke A. Sarsfield '95, the chapter advisor, and Menkiti say this image of fraternities, popularized by the media and by recent events at other schools, does not describe Harvard's Sigma Chi chapter...
However, in an inconspicuous, newly-sided gray house on Mt. Auburn Street, the Kappa Eta chapter of the International Sigma Chi Fraternity is working to promote brotherhood and community among its members. The chapter, founded in 1989 by a group of Canaday first-years, has grown over the years from four "brothers" to 35, has moved its meetings from dorm rooms to the recently-acquired house and has collected an active alumni association of 160 members...
...chapter's community service activities include tutoring at the Cambridge Ridge and Latin School and staffing the University Lutheran Church homeless shelter, where each "brother" works at least once each semester...
Though Spielberg has a genuine interest in this chapter of history--as demonstrated by Schindler's List, Empire of the Sun and his next project, Memoirs of a Geisha, which will examine the war's disruption of traditional life in Japan--in this case he seems less concerned with history than with showing us, plainly, what war looks like. And it looks hellish. Still, one expects more from such an epic work, which should, ideally, be a springboard for discussion and contemplation...
Endorsements from the Cambridge Chronicle and the Boston Phoenix, as well as political groups like the Cambridge Lavender Alliance-a gay and lesbian group-and the state chapter of the National Organization for Women helped boost Barrios's profile...