Final Clubs
Tailgates and Turkeys: Students React to Harvard-Yale Weekend with Banners and Cheers
The 138th rendition of The Game on Saturday only lasted a few hours, leaving Crimson fans disappointed by a 19-14 loss. But for Harvard students, The Game was an all-day affair featuring tailgates and turkeys.
Spaces within Spaces: The Origins of Harvard’s Final Clubs
As the university became more egalitarian, final clubs became elite spaces within elite spaces.
Bee Club Buzzes Into Former Café Pamplona Location
The all-female Bee Club has its own clubhouse once again, thanks to a $2.2 million purchase of the building that formerly housed Café Pamplona by the club’s president, a College junior.
Pamplona Stairs
The building at 12 Bow St., formerly home of Café Pamplona, was purchased earlier this year by Susana Vik '23, the president of the Bee Club.
Pamplona Outside
The building at 12 Bow St., formerly home of Café Pamplona, was purchased earlier this year by Susana Vik '22-'23, the president of the Bee Club. A banner with the Bee Club insignia currently adorns one of the first-floor windows.
Ten Stories That Shaped 2020
The past twelve months were a year like no other for Harvard and the world. Under the backdrop of a once-in-a-century pandemic, students took classes from all over the globe, while pushing for social change at the University and on the political stage. Here, The Crimson reviews ten stories that defined 2020 at Harvard.
Harvard Drops Social Group Sanctions
The University announced in June that it would drop its controversial sanctions against single-gendered social organizations following a Supreme Court ruling on sex discrimination.
Global Pandemic Disrupts Final Clubs’ Recruitment Plans
COVID-19 has disrupted all aspects of Harvard life — including the efforts of the College’s most prestigious social groups to induct hopeful sophomores.
Khurana Defends Principles Behind Defunct Social Group Sanctions
Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana defended the principle behind Harvard’s sanctions targeting single gender social organizations in a Friday interview.
Delphic and Bee Clubs’ Three-Year Marriage Ends
The co-ed Delphic-Bee Club will split into the all-male Delphic Club and the all-female Bee Club three years after merging, according to club affiliates.
Coronavirus Darties
The Owl, a final club at Harvard, hosted a daytime party following the College's announcement that students must evacuate campus.
Harvard Sanctions Single-Gender Social Clubs
In May 2016, University administrators imposed punitive sanctions on members of final clubs, sororities, and fraternities — a move that shook the social foundations of Harvard College during the latter half of the decade.
