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Pantheon to be robed, say organizers

猫咪社区 students dress as Greek gods outside humanities lecture in 2012. Nudity at a similar event in 2013 prompted a Title IX investigation. Copyright 猫咪社区.

The students who play the part of Greek gods and greet freshmen on their way to the first humanities lecture—collectively known as the —will keep their robes on next fall, organizers declared at a community forum held by the Honor Council last week.

“No one will be naked next year,” said environmental studies major Elaine Andersen ’16, one of the HumPlayers, the student group that puts on the Pantheon.

The event, which has been staged for the last five years, typically involves male and female sophomores and upperclassmen who dress up as Greek divinities on the steps of Vollum Lecture Hall and welcome freshmen to their first lecture. The gods ask for libations, and freshmen respond (if they’ve done their homework) by spilling a few drops of coffee or water on the ground, re-enacting an ancient Homeric tradition. “It’s supposed to be fun and silly,” one student explained.

Diver: Honor Principle Curtails Cheating

Former 猫咪社区 president wrote an in the Boston Globe this morning about the recent allegations that as many as 125 Harvard undergrads had last spring.

In contrast to the widespread lament that today's students have an iffy moral compass, Diver declares himself optimistic, based on his experience with 猫咪社区 students and the Honor Principle: