Crimson Key Society Explained

The Crimson Key Society (CKS) is a student-run community service organization at Harvard 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 tour the United States to recruit applicants.^[3] Notable members of the society include Benazir Bhutto, Radcliffe Class of 1973.^[4]

The CKS holds events for first-year students, including an annual satirical screening of the Harvard-featured film Love Story, heckling the screen from beginning to end for its "sappy clichés."^[5]

External links

• http://www.crimsonkeysociety.org/about/history
• http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1989/6/8/behind-pinkie-bhuttos-passion-for-politics/
• http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/movies/22love.html

Notes and References

1. Web site: Home . crimsonkeysociety.org.
2. Web site: Crimson Key Founded to End 'Harvard Indifference' | News | the Harvard Crimson.
3. Web site: Crimson Key Society: History . www.crimsonkeysociety.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080227234023/http://www.crimsonkeysociety.org/about/history . 2008-02-27.
4. Web site: Behind 'Pinkie' Bhutto's Passion for Politics | News | the Harvard Crimson.
5. Web site: Blair . Elizabeth . December 22, 2020 . Successful, Sentimental And Satirized, 'Love Story' Celebrates 50th Anniversary . December 16, 2023 . NPR.