Crimson Key Society

The Crimson Key Society is the premier organization at Harvard University devoted to serving the University.[1] Founded on April 14, 1948, CKS was originally formed to welcome visiting athletic teams to Harvard and represented Harvard's first organized commitment to hospitality.[2] Crimson Key later went on to provide campus tours to prospective students and visitors, welcome incoming students during Freshman Week, and toured the country to recruit applicants.[3] CKS has played a major role in expanding Harvard's global image, helping to gain world renown for the university as both an academic institution and as a brand.[4] Benazir Bhutto, Radcliffe Class of 1973, was perhaps the best-known member of the Society.[5] Today, CKS continues to provide tours to visitors to the university and welcomes new freshmen with a week of activities, including most famously a Rocky Horror Picture Show-style screening of Love Story that has attracted both praise and criticism from the media.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.crimsonkeysociety.org/
  2. ↑ http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1998/6/1/crimson-key-founded-to-end-harvard/
  3. ↑ http://www.crimsonkeysociety.org/about/history
  4. ↑ http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1998/6/1/crimson-key-founded-to-end-harvard/
  5. ↑ http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1989/6/8/behind-pinkie-bhuttos-passion-for-politics/
  6. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/movies/22love.html

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