The Crimson Key Society (CKS) is a student-run community service organization at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
. Founded on April 14, 1948, CKS was originally formed to welcome visiting athletic teams to
Harvard
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher lear ...
and represented Harvard's first organized commitment to hospitality. 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
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to recruit applicants. Notable members of the society include
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto (21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990, and again from 1993 to 1996. She was also the first woman elected to head a democratic governmen ...
,
Radcliffe Class of 1973.
The CKS holds events for first-year students, including an annual satirical screening of the Harvard-featured film ''
Love Story
Love Story or A Love Story may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Genres
* Romance (love)
** Romance film
** Romance novel
Films
* ''Love Story'' (1925 film), German silent film
* ''Love Story'' (1942 film), Italian drama film
* ''Love ...
'', heckling the screen from beginning to end for its "sappy clichés."
References
External links
*http://www.crimsonkeysociety.org/about/history {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227234023/http://www.crimsonkeysociety.org/about/history , date=2008-02-27
*http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1989/6/8/behind-pinkie-bhuttos-passion-for-politics/
*http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/movies/22love.html
Harvard University