Crimson Key Editorial Offensive, Unfair to Organization

Each year, eighty Crimson Key members cut short their summer jobs and activities to arrive early at Harvard for Freshman Week. As volunteers during the week, we put in eighteen hour days.

We can all remember being intimidated and nervous when we were freshmen. We plan evening events to help freshmen meet their classmates, relax, and most importantly, have some fun. There is nothing "lame" about it.

"Love Story" is one such event which pokes fun at Harvard stereotypes, poor acting, and the '70s. "Love Story" is designed for freshmen, not for upperclassmen who find themselves "bored" on one of their first nights back.

The Crimson Key is a group of positive, fun people who find Harvard's history fascinating and worth sharing. Harvard life may not be perfect. However, we are interested in searching for solutions, not problems.

There is a place for the skeptic in journalism without letting cynicism replace idealism. There is enough insecurity and negative energy at Harvard. Why not be an encouraging voice? This campus is full of talented people committed to giving back to Harvard. How about an article that is upbeat, encouraging, and compliments people's efforts?

Or perhaps it would be better if The Crimson greeted the freshmen. "What? You're in Matthews? That dorm sucks. The Union sucks. Expos sucks. Cores suck. The long lines at the Science Center suck. Don't try out for that play, the director sucks. Don't run for the Undergraduate Council because they suck. Don't go to football games because we suck. Harvard sucks."

A "hint" to The Crimson: be inspired by Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1880. "It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong person stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the arena, who strives valiantly; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends time in a worthy cause; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." Ryan Kubacki, '95   President, Crimson Key Society