Word: final
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Wilson called a timeout to focus the Crimson on winning the third game and extending the match. But Harvard was unable to resist the Roger Williams onslaught and eventually succumbed to the Hawks, 15-13, in the third and final game...
...Theatricals, and I attended the performance as the guest of a close friend who is a member of one of the female social organizations on campus. Club Night, a long-standing Pudding tradition, is open only to members of Harvard's social organizations, many of which are gender-exclusive final clubs...
...have problems with the Pudding show's exclusion of female cast members and I have objections to the socially elitist, gender-exclusive final clubs. But I also knew that the show would be rowdy. So I decided to put aside my concerns for what I hoped would be a fun, relaxed evening of entertainment. What I did not know was that the event would devolve into a tasteless and blatantly offensive display of heterosexism and homophobia...
There are two important lessons to be learned from Club Night at the Hasty Pudding. First, and most obvious, is that it has long been the time to terminate the legacy of patriarchy and heterosexism embodied and perpetuated by final clubs on this campus. We must force members to take responsibility for their participation in organizations that promote intolerance and perpetuate an out-dated and unacceptable social order. And it is time for non-members on this campus to stop taking part in this system. In particular, the Hasty Pudding should end the vulgar and socially unacceptable tradition of Club...
...days in the closet are long since over, and my anger and pride quickly overwhelmed any resurgence of shame and fear. But those are feelings no Harvard student--no person, for that matter--should have to deal with simply because of his or her sexual orientation. It is the final club members, the Pudding, the audience, everyone involved with Club Night at the Pudding or other campus events and organizations that breed bigotry who should feel ashamed. And any of us who sit by and allow this bigotry to go unchecked should feel the shame...