Final Clubs
Assaults Occur Outside Final Clubs on Consecutive Weekends
During the last two consecutive weekends, assaults have occurred outside of final clubs involving physical confrontations between club members and individuals not affiliated with the University.
Students Consider University Recognition for Single-Sex Groups
Students from varied social circles discussed the skewed social dynamic between male and female single-sex groups and the need for some form of University recognition for these groups during an event in Adams Lower Common Room yesterday.
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Students discuss the lack of social space for single-sex student organizations on campus in an event sponsored by Delta Gamma, The Seneca, and the Harvard College Women’s Center.
UC Spotlights Final Clubs
Members of a group critical of final clubs sought to spur discussion among UC members about the funding and availability of alternative social spaces.
Founders Abandon Rose Society
The Rose Society Philanthropic Club will not become Harvard’s sixth all-female final club this year.
Flag Stolen From Phoenix, S.K. Club
A member of the Phoenix S.K. Club—one of Harvard’s eight male final clubs—reported the club’s flag stolen last week, an act which the member who reported the crime speculated may be related to the clubs’ recruitment season, or its recent wave of publicity from being featured in “The Social Network.”
Diversity in Final Clubs
To conclude our series on final clubs, we thought we’d take a quick little tour through the history of the clubs’ diversity. “We pride ourselves on the diversity of our club,” one member of the Phoenix wrote to us in an e-mailed statement. “And we define diversity to include race, socio-economic status, concentration, extra-curriculars, etc.” He added that the Phoenix has “some members from royal families and others whose parents are unemployed.”
What is a Final Club?
As part of our series on Final Clubs, we decided to get out on the street and find out what people around here actually think about the clubs.
Meeting Kicks Off Final Club Initiative
Over 30 undergraduates discussed the role and practices of final clubs at the first publicized meeting of an initiative that opposes the current state of the clubs held on Friday afternoon.
Final Club Real Estate
Though most Harvard students have walked by properties owned by final clubs, many have never been inside their million (and in some cases, multi-million) dollar clubhouses. As part of Flyby’s final club series, we’ve profiled club real estate holdings in Cambridge.
Group Aims To Alter Final Clubs
Last Thursday night, nearly every Harvard undergraduate received an invitation under his or her door.
To Punch or Not to Punch?
Tonight, Harvard undergraduates found fliers with the following text under their doors, reminiscent of Final Club punch invitations: