"They're nice guys, they just needed help," Hepps says. "If they got rid of me they wouldn't have an organization."
Despite these inclusive policies, the Men's Group still embraces traditional notions about testosterone and the male psyche.
"Their mission is to be very stereotypical," Hepps says.
That much was evident during Hanukkah when the Men's Group sponsored a latke-eating contest, in which members competed to see who could consume the potato pancakes the fastest.
Before an audience of 100, gathered at Hillel for dinner and celebration, four men stuffed their faces furiously. Finally, a winner was announced, and his manhood firmly established.
Standing up with his arms raised proudly in the air, the victorious Ben Z. Galper '02, who is also a Crimson editor, proclaimed, "Today I am a man!"