"It's nice to get back to the basics. It'sgotten back to the Thursday night dinners," Powerssays. "I don't think it'll be that bad."
"In some ways it's worse, but members havefound camaraderie," he adds.
A.D. president John H. "Jake" Heller '99 sayschanging policy has ensured the club will maintainits essence.
"There is something very special about the A.D.club and we were losing that," he says. "Whatreplaces that is the more valuable experience attwo in the afternoon than at two in the morning.
A.D. member Kenneth H. Ahn '00 says his clubwas concerned the new members punched lastsemester would no longer want to stay in the clubbecause of its altered state. A few members evendebated whether they would stay, Ahn says.
"I would assume that it could have been adifficult decision for them to make," Ahn adds."Most of what non-members see is the social lifedown-stairs."
But in the end, everyone decided to maintainhis membership.
Heller says students join a club to be with theother members and the policy change has notaffected intra-club morale.
"Everyone seems to be happy with theirdecision," he says. "We weren't going to loseanyone that cared about the A.D."
As for the other clubs that have made changesand ones that may do so in the future, Heller sayshe supports all of their decisions.
"There are going to be some members bummedabout it. But they're going to realize a differentkind of value [to club life]," he says.