The existence of Spirit Week was a secret well-kept by the Undergraduate Council, but in a stellar exhibition of investigative reporting, The Crimson uncovered the council's clandestine plans (News, March 14). Now I know why I saw a girl in the Science Center on Monday wearing pajamas, though at the time I didn't think much of it or wonder why. I had just nonchalantly assumed she was a first-year rolling out of her bed in Canaday, or that she was being initiated onto a sport team. But thanks to The Crimson's expose, I now know that she must have been one of the insiders of the exclusive Spirit Week.
How am I supposed to find out that things like Spirit Week exist? Where do I look to find such announcements? Do I need to put a wire-tap on council members' phones?
You see, I have all of this repressed Harvard spirit welling up inside of me and crying out to the council for a public outlet. Apparently, not getting dressed on Monday would have been perfect for this, but since the council kept its pajama-wearing fun to itself, that leaves me no choice but to go out and get a tattoo of the Harvard shield on my butt as a reciprocal act of secret spirit.
Jordanna P. Schutz '02
March 14, 2000
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