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89-510: In 2013, Business Insider named Delta Upsilon one of the "17 Fraternities with Top Wall Street Alumni". Notable members include President of the United States James A. Garfield , president of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos , Canadian prime minister Lester B. Pearson , Linus Pauling , Joseph P. Kennedy , Lou Holtz , Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , Charles Evans Hughes , Les Aspin , James Smith McDonnell and others. Forty-two brothers of

178-462: A confidentiality agreement that included a nondisparagement clause requiring them not to criticize the site during or after their employment. Early in 2020, CEO Henry Blodget convened a meeting in which he announced plans for the website to acquire 1 million subscribers, 1 billion unique visitors per month, and over 1,000 newsroom employees. The parent companies of Business Insider and eMarketer merged in 2020 in connection with

267-632: A campus protest calling for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement . The article included the fact that ICE did not respond to a request for comment, leading to backlash from Harvard student groups who said that reaching out to ICE endangered Harvard students. The Crimson stood by its reporting and received support from journalistic ethics experts. During the COVID-19 pandemic , The Crimson abruptly switched to an internet-only format in March 2020. Paper editions were later restored during

356-581: A decade of strained relations with the DU headquarters, originating in its decision to declare an emergency and dissolve the 1956 sitting of the Undergraduate Convention, a move it said was necessary to "prevent open dissension". (The preceding year, the Brown DU chapter had elected an African-American as chapter president causing the fraternity's new southern chapters to threaten a boycott of

445-468: A force for unity". At the turn of the century the fraternity's growth plateaued due, in part, to opposition from a group of chapters to what was seen as the lessening of the fraternity's standards through colonization. In 1898, Delta Upsilon joined the recent trend of fraternity expansion into Canada by chartering a chapter at McGill University in Montreal . However, most expansion in this period came in

534-503: A liberal policy on the use of anonymous sources . It has also published native advertising and granted sponsors editorial control of its content. The outlet has been nominated for several awards, but has also been criticized for using factually incorrect clickbait headlines to attract viewership. In 2015, Axel Springer SE acquired 88 percent of the stake in Insider Inc. for $ 343 million (€306 million), implying

623-667: A mount in base Vert, on a chief Azure annulets (in fesse) co-joined ) and the arms of the Assembly of Trustees ( Azure, a chevron between five coronets, Or two, one and two ). The colors of the Fraternity were approved as " Old Gold and Sapphire Blue " by the 1881 Convention. In 1866, the Convention first adopted " Chrome and Blue " as the official colors. These were altered to simply " Gold and Blue " in 1879, before taking on their current form in 1881. The current version of

712-448: A new chapter and not the revival of the original. It was permanently erased when Williams College banned all fraternities in 1962. The March 1864 convention of the A.S.C. saw the organization formally change its name to Delta Upsilon, standardize insignia and ritual throughout all its member chapters, and establish a centralized administrative structure. In 1879, Delta Upsilon formally disavowed its policy of anti-secrecy, instead adopting

801-499: A president, managing editor, and business manager. In 1991, student reporters for The Crimson, including Josh Gerstein, who decades would later break the news of the Supreme Court's plan to overturn Roe v. Wade , were the first to break the news that Harvard had selected former Neil Leon Rudenstine , then Princeton University 's provost, to succeed Derek Bok as the university's president. The reporters, who had learned of

890-443: A program of what it described as "non-secrecy". According to Delta Upsilon, the reason for this change was because it had been absolutely victorious in its battle against secrecy, "the character of the secret societies so altered, that hostility toward them decreased". This explanation has been more skeptically received by some, with one period observer caustically noting that Delta Upsilon "reveals very little more of what it does than

979-530: A publication established by ex-editors represented serious challenges to the Crimson ' s viability. In 1943, the banner on the paper read Harvard Service News , and the stories focused almost exclusively on Harvard's contribution to World War II . Under the authority of so-called wartime administrative necessity, alumni discouraged the Service News from editorializing. The paper was administered during

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1068-468: A secret meeting in New York City, got their confirmation when they approached a surprised Rudenstine on his plane ride back to Boston . The story appeared in an extra bearing the dateline "Somewhere Over New England." Throughout the 1990s, there was a great deal of focus on making the staff of the paper more inclusive and diverse. Over time, a financial aid program was instituted to try to address

1157-532: A series of comics that told the story of one woman's experience escaping China's persecution of Uyghurs , was created by illustrator Fahmida Azim alongside art director Anthony Del Col , writer Josh Adams , and editor Walt Hickey. Business Insider first reported a profit in the fourth quarter of 2010. As of 2011 , it had 45 full-time employees. Its target audience at the time was limited to "investors and financial professionals". In June 2012, it had 5.4 million unique visitors. As of 2013 , Jeff Bezos

1246-418: A so-called humor magazine." The two organizations occupy buildings within less than one block of each other; interaction between their staff has included pranks, vandalism, and romance. Currently, The Crimson publishes two weekly sections in addition to its regular weekly paper: an Arts section on Tuesdays and a magazine called Fifteen Minutes on Thursdays. Issues of Fifteen Minutes come periodically in

1335-468: A source is not identified. According to the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers , Business Insider gave SAP "limited editorial control" over the content of its "Future of Business" section as of 2013 . The website publishes a mix of original reporting and aggregation of other outlets' content. Business Insider has also published native advertising . In January 2009,

1424-489: A total valuation of $ 442 million. From February 2021 to November 2023, the brand was named simply Insider while it published general news and lifestyle content, before its name was reverted. Business Insider was launched in 2007 and is based in Manhattan . Founded by DoubleClick 's former CEO Kevin P. Ryan , Dwight Merriman , and Henry Blodget , the site began as a consolidation of industry vertical blogs,

1513-488: A tumultuous semester in office. In May 2024, the newspaper announced it has raised $ 15 million through a capital campaign launched in 2020. The goal was to get $ 6 million for innovation, $ 6 million for its financial aid program and $ 3 million for building renovations, which had not seen a major renovation in 35 years. The funds will be stored in an organizational trust managed by Crimson alumni. The Crimson commissioned its headquarters building at 14 Plympton Street in

1602-411: A vote of the student body—the announcement came with a full-page editorial announcing " magenta is not now, and... never has been, the right color of Harvard." This particular issue, May 21, 1875, also included several reports on athletic events, a concert review, and a call for local shopkeepers to stock the exact shade of crimson ribbon, to avoid "startling variations in the colors worn by Harvard men at

1691-424: Is Insider Inc. After Axel Springer SE purchased Business Insider in 2015, a substantial portion of its staff left the company. According to a CNN report, some staff who exited complained that " traffic took precedence over enterprise reporting ". In 2017, Business Insider launched BI Prime subscription, the service which placed some of its articles behind paywall. In 2018, staff members were asked to sign

1780-577: Is a New York City –based multinational financial and business news website founded in 2007. Since 2015, a majority stake in Business Insider ' s parent company Insider Inc. has been owned by the international publishing house Axel Springer . It operates several international editions, including one in the United Kingdom. Insider publishes original reporting and aggregates material from other outlets. As of 2011, it maintained

1869-520: Is affixed to chapter charters and membership certificates. It is described in the fraternity's constitution as the shield of the coat of arms set in a circular band on which is inscribed "Delta Upsilon Fraternity 1834–1909". The fraternity hymn is "Hail, Delta Upsilon". Hail, Delta Upsilon! Brotherhood glorious! Justice thy cornerstone, true manhood thy goal! O'er all thine enemies, forever victorious, Hail, Delta Upsilon, eternal soul! Reared in adversity, so shalt thou never Let from thy alters die

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1958-502: Is blazoned as Or, a balanced scale proper on a chief Azure, seven mullets of the first, four, and three . The crest is a monogram of the Greek letter Delta surcharged upon the letter Upsilon bearing the motto in Greek letters between two scrolls, the dexter charged with the number "1834", the sinister charged with the number "1909" . The supporters are the heraldic banners of the arms of the Undergraduate Convention ( Or, an oak tree proper on

2047-523: Is lost to history with Delta Upsilon's own records recording that the exit of Delta Psi is "from causes unknown to us". A Delta Psi historian later claimed the withdrawal was due to the expenses the fraternity was incurring sending delegates to the meetings of the Anti-Secret Confederation. It has also been speculated that Delta Psi felt local pressure in maintaining the A.S.C.'s militant stance against secret ritual; after separating from

2136-625: The Associated Press . Not even a staff writer yet, Lukas had arrived at the university with Joseph McCarthy 's home number in his pocket. His father was an opponent of McCarthy's and a member of the American Jewish Committee , the group that produced Commentary magazine. In 1966, The Harvard Crimson, Inc. was incorporated as a nonprofit Massachusetts corporation. The incorporation was involuntarily revoked, then revived, in 1986. The paper's key leadership include

2225-685: The Clusterstock section appeared in Time ' s list of 25 best financial blogs, and the Silicon Alley Insider section was listed in PC Magazine ' s list of its "favorite blogs of 2009". 2009 also saw Business Insider ' s selection as an official Webby honoree for Best Business Blog. In 2012, Business Insider was named to the Inc. 500 . In 2013, the publication

2314-492: The Delta Upsilon Quarterly because they "littered up the house". Open revolt came when the international fraternity tried to impose discipline on Harvard. Harvard responded by declaring it didn't recognize the authority of DU headquarters as Delta Upsilon had ceased to exist in 1909. Delta Upsilon sued its rebellious chapter whose leaders included toy heir F.A.O. Schwarz Jr. Following the courtroom triumph of

2403-492: The Harvard Square area in 1915. It was designed by Jardine, Hill & Murdock , and has been called "stolid, institutional and boring. All the things the Crimson isn't." Any student who volunteers and completes a series of requirements known as the "comp" is elected an editor of the newspaper. As such, all staff members of The Crimson , including writers, business staff, photographers, and graphic designers, carry

2492-557: The Order of St Michael and St George , the Order of Merit , and the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav . In 2018, the fraternity adopted policies to reduce risk. As of August 1, 2018, hard alcohol was banned from all chapter houses. As of August 1, 2020, chapter houses must be "substance free" (including wine, beer, and drugs), except for chapters that obtained waivers through 2022, based upon good behavior. Delta Upsilon

2581-633: The Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary for its reporting on the persecution of Uyghurs in China . The Harvard Crimson Elias J. Schisgall (Associate Managing Editor) The Harvard Crimson is the student newspaper at Harvard University , an Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts . The newspaper was founded in 1873, and is run entirely by Harvard College undergraduate students. The Harvard Crimson

2670-460: The University of Vermont join. At the 1862 convention, the fraternity's mother chapter, Williams, declared the purposes of the fraternity had been corrupted and, over the objections of the other chapters, withdrew. Two years later it dissolved itself. A chapter would eventually be restored. However, Williams being the first chapter and, therefore, self-chartering, this would come in the form of

2759-491: The "Oudens") was exponential. By 1838 two-thirds of all students at Williams belonged to the society which engaged in militant agitation against the other two fraternities. One particularly violent incident occurred in 1839 when Oudens assaulted the Kappa Alpha house, driving its occupants to the top of Consumption Hill. More refined conflict took the form of pamphlets and debate. An 1855 debate proposed by Kappa Alpha against

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2848-551: The A.S.C. it began to undertake secret work. (Delta Upsilon has maintained that it does not consider members of Delta Psi during the period it was affiliated with the A.S.C. to also be members of Delta Upsilon, the separation being so total that the "action removed all its members from membership in the Delta Upsilon fraternity".) Delta Psi continued as a very successful local fraternity for 150 years after leaving Delta Upsilon. During this period, DU avoided attempts to colonize

2937-666: The College had suspended the existence of several previous student newspapers, including the Collegian , whose motto Dulce et Periculum ("sweet and dangerous") represented the precarious place of the student press at Harvard University in the late 19th century. The Magenta ' s editors declined Dean Burney's advice and moved forward with a biweekly paper, "a thin layer of editorial content surrounded by an even thinner wrapper of advertising". The paper changed its name to The Crimson in 1875 when Harvard changed its official color by

3026-406: The DU headquarters, it expelled the rebellious members and initiated a hand-picked pledge class to continue the chapter. Its victory was short-lived, though, as the recreated chapter itself voted to disaffiliate from Delta Upsilon. The secessionist group legally reconstituted itself as "the D.U. Club", taking the chapter roll book with them, and existed as a successful finals club for many decades on

3115-497: The Fly Club. It unraveled faster than its predecessors, however. In 2005 the six-year-old Delta Upsilon chapter voted to disaffiliate from the fraternity. It has continued under the name "Oak Club" and currently claims more than 100 alumni who, it says, embody "many of the original DU principles". Delta Upsilon's chapter at Bowdoin College disaffiliated in the 1950s, reforming as a local known as Delta Sigma. The decision came after

3204-521: The Fraternity Flag was established in 1911 and consists of three vertical bars, blue, gold, and blue. The gold section is charged with the fraternity's badge. A flag of a solid gold field charged with a visual representation of the pledge pin is used by colonies. The fraternity's by-laws formerly prescribed a puggaree to band a boater hat that is black silk with the middle third occupied by alternating stripes of gold, blue, and gold. The hat band

3293-503: The Fraternity implemented a series of changes that radically reshaped the organization. The fraternity closed a quarter of its chapters for poor performance, including risky behaviors, poor grades, and weak service records. Then it opened a similar number of new chapters under the close guidance of the national organization. The fraternity doubled its staff, from 11 to 22 and added new employees with advanced degrees in higher education or nonprofit management. The fraternity placed an emphasis on

3382-515: The Greek letter Delta superimposed on an Upsilon . The arms of the Upsilon each have a word of the Fraternity motto engraved on them in Greek letters, the left arm Δικαια , the right arm Υποθηκη . The Associate Member Pin, also known as the Pledge Pin, consists of a gold Delta on blue enamel with a gold Upsilon in the center. The coat of arms were assumed following incorporation. It

3471-514: The Harvard campus. In 1995, the D.U. Club closed after an assault of a football recruit occurred at its clubhouse. The D.U. Club's alumni board voted to merge its alumni with the Fly Club . After several decades of patient waiting for the D.U. Club to pass, Delta Upsilon chartered yet another chapter at Harvard. The new chapter was installed in 1999, four years after the D.U. Club had merged with

3560-540: The NIC Gold Medal in 1959. The turbulence the Greek system experienced in the middle 20th century began for Delta Upsilon in 1956. That year's sitting of the Undergraduate Convention was dissolved by emergency action of DU leadership to "prevent open dissension" in the wake of the election of an African-American as president of the Brown University chapter. The election had been denounced by a number of

3649-646: The Oudens was called-off after the Social Fraternity appointed James Garfield , an Ouden well known for his rhetorical skills, to represent them. In November 1847 Williams' Social Fraternity met with similar societies that had recently been formed at Union College , Hamilton College , and Amherst College and formed the "Anti-Secret Confederation". A second meeting of the Anti-Secret Confederation (A.S.C.) in 1852 saw fraternities from Wesleyan University , Case Western Reserve University , Colby College , and

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3738-473: The Technology chapter was for what fraternity officials would only describe as inappropriate behavior, The Tech reported an investigation by Delta Upsilon had allegedly uncovered a prohibited "secret ritual" that had been performed by the chapter for the preceding 70 years. Officers of the Technology chapter, which one account described had a "growing distance from [the] international fraternity", rejected

3827-529: The University of Vermont. In 2014, ten years after the collapse of Delta Psi, Delta Upsilon entered the Burlington campus for the first time since its split with Delta Psi, chartering a colony. When the fraternity incorporated in 1909 it adopted a new constitution. The Harvard chapter immediately set-forth its views that the new constitution had been illegitimately enacted and had overly vested control in

3916-488: The beginning of 2004 The Crimson began publishing with a full-color front and back page, in conjunction with the launch of a major redesign. The Crimson no longer prints in-house but used to print over fifteen other publications on its presses. The Crimson has a rivalry with the Harvard Lampoon , which it refers to in print as a "semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish

4005-443: The chapter had admitted a black Bowdoin student as a member and was ordered by DU Headquarters to dismiss him. The chapter chose instead to disaffiliate. Delta Upsilon's chapter at Brown University , which was organized in 1868, disaffiliated in 1967, reforming as a local known as Kappa Delta Upsilon (so named because it was the tenth chapter of Delta Upsilon and Kappa is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet). The decision came after

4094-416: The charges, though acknowledged they had effectively stopped participating in the fraternity's programs. In denying an appeal for restoration of the chapter, Delta Upsilon headquarters explained that they had "been working in coordination with university staff" but had been unable to reach a solution by which the chapter could continue at MIT. On March 28, 2009, Delta Upsilon established its 152nd chapter, and

4183-461: The complex retail industry and make the best purchasing decisions. In October 2016, Business Insider started Markets Insider as a joint venture with Finanzen.net, another Axel Springer company. Glenn Greenwald has critiqued the reliability of Business Insider , along with that of publications including The Wall Street Journal , Yahoo! News , and Slate . In 2010, Business Insider falsely reported that New York Governor David Paterson

4272-483: The convention.) Almost 20 years later, in 1986, the Brown chapter rejoined Delta Upsilon. Terry Bullock, then Delta Upsilon international president, wrote of the return of Brown that "there is no greater joy than the reconciliation of a family estranged for many years". The joy was short-lived, however, as the chapter again voted to disaffiliate in 1991, reverting to the name Kappa Delta Upsilon. In 1996 Kappa Delta Upsilon

4361-697: The current version was published in that year's edition of the Manual of Delta Upsilon . The "Four Founding Principles" are currently: the Advancement of Justice, the Promotion of Friendship, the Development of Character, and the Diffusion of Liberal Culture. The current Delta Upsilon badge was submitted to the fraternity's 1858 convention by a "badge committee", chaired by Edward Gardner. It features

4450-515: The dead men". The "Delta Upsilon Sweetheart Song" is a courting song used in different ways by different chapters. At Ohio University , for instance, it is performed at the chapter's spring cotillion and it has also been played at the weddings of members. A more extensive volume of fraternity songs is indexed in the fraternity's songbook Songs My Brothers Taught Me . Business Insider Business Insider (stylized in all caps : BUSINESS INSIDER ; known from 2021 to 2023 as INSIDER )

4539-542: The expansion of Delta Upsilon into Canada (poetically termed "Our Lady of the Snows") leading to the hearts of Americans and Canadians being "linked together at the shrine of Delta U". The traditional air " Down Among the Dead Men " is used as a toasting song at formal dinners with slightly modified lyrics penned by Joyce Kilmer in which those who deny the ritual toast to "our beloved Delta U" are condemned to lay "down among

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4628-451: The fall 2021 semester. In July 2022, the paper announced that it was changing from daily to weekly issues that fall as part of a shift to digital-first journalism. On April 29, 2022, the paper editorialized support for the BDS movement . In a May 1, 2022 editorial, the editors wrote, "We are proud to finally lend our support to both Palestinian liberation and BDS — and we call on everyone to do

4717-616: The first of them being Silicon Alley Insider (launched May 16, 2007) and Clusterstock (launched March 20, 2008). Gordon Crovitz , former publisher of the Wall Street Journal , was an early investor. In addition to providing and analyzing business news, the site aggregates news stories on various subjects. It started a UK edition in November 2014, and a Singapore bureau in September 2020. BI ' s parent company

4806-417: The form of glossies. The Crimson is a nonprofit organization that is independent of the university. All decisions on the content and day-to-day operations of the newspaper are made by undergraduates. The student leaders of the newspaper employ several non-student staff, many of whom have stayed on for many years and have come to be thought of as family members by the students who run the paper. The Crimson

4895-505: The form of the annexation of established local fraternities. Zeta Chi at Baker University was one local which unsuccessfully petitioned for annexation by Delta Upsilon. In 1909, Charles Evans Hughes led the incorporation of the fraternity. By 1920 the fraternity had grown to 44 chapters. Gen. John Arthur Clark , the celebrated former commander of the Seaforth Highlanders and a Member of Parliament from Vancouver ,

4984-754: The fraternity have sat in the United States Congress , three in the Parliament of Canada , one in the Imperial House of Peers of Japan, and six on the Queen's Privy Council for Canada . Its members have received six Nobel Prizes, five Olympic gold medals , one Pulitzer Prize , four Medals of Honor , one Lenin Peace Prize , one Presidential Medal of Freedom , seven investitures into the Order of Canada , and one investiture each into

5073-453: The fraternity's new southern chapters. By 1986 Delta Upsilon had 88 active chapters, increasing to a high of 92 in 1991. During the 1990s chapters at Rutgers University , Cornell University , Oklahoma State University , the University of Nebraska and Union College were closed or placed on probation after it was revealed pledges at those houses had been branded , paddled , and forced to eat garbage, among other things. Beginning in 2009

5162-432: The latter [secret fraternities]". Others commented that chapter meetings were closed to all but initiated members and the fraternity was now practicing selective pledging and initiation, in contrast to its earliest days at Williams. Therefore, it was proffered, the description of the fraternity as a "private" society rather than a "non-secret" one might be more accurate. The Harvard Crimson , meanwhile, poetically attributed

5251-432: The leadership of a political party which has inflicted damage on the universities of Germany through measures which have struck at principles we believe to be fundamental to universities throughout the world." The Crimson defended it, "That political theories should prevent a Harvard student from enjoying an opportunity for research in one of the world's greatest cultural centers is most unfortunate and scarcely in line with

5340-469: The liberal traditions of which Harvard is pardonably proud." The paper returned to its traditional civilian version in 1946, and it grew larger, more financially secure, more diversified, and began more extensive coverage of the world outside the campus during the early Cold War era. While financially independent and independent of editorial control by the Harvard University administration,

5429-500: The life-giving flame; Hands gripped in loving clasp, all brothers forever, Each to the other true, and ever the same. The "Delta Upsilon Ode" is also used for special occasions; its melody and lyrics were penned by Edward La Wall Seip of Delta Upsilon's Lafayette College chapter. "Tis the Plan of Delta U" by John Briggs and Joel Slocum, from the fraternity's University of Rochester and Colby College chapters respectively, tells of

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5518-533: The newspaper remained under the university's administrative control with its student staff subject to university rules and discipline. Radcliffe women on staff were forced to follow curfews to which Harvard men were not subject, and that interfered greatly with the late hours required in producing a newspaper. Throughout the 1950s, The Crimson and various university officials exchanged letters debating these restrictions. Crimson editors pushed for later curfews for their female writers, who grew increasingly involved in

5607-421: The newspaper's daily operations. Under president Phillip Cronin ('53), women became staff members rather than Radcliffe correspondents. Crimson writers were involved in national issues, especially when anti- communist investigative committees came to Harvard. Future Pulitzer Prize –winning writer Anthony Lukas ' stories, including an interview with HUAC witness Wendell H. Furry , were sometimes picked up by

5696-480: The number of members attending educational programming, including international service work and today more than half of undergraduate members participate in at least one educational program per year. Among the chapters targeted for closure was one of the fraternity's longest enduring chapters, the 120-year-old Technology chapter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Though the shuttering of

5785-534: The official change of position as due to "the sheer exhaustion of those that heretofore have maintained a vigorous tilt at the windmill for exercise's sake, on finding that the windmill stands the attack much better than they". Writing in 2013, Benjamin Wurgraft of the New School for Social Research commented that Delta Upsilon's changes made it "nothing more than another fraternity—a rival for pledges rather than

5874-409: The old Preamble was completely stricken and the following text was added to Article 1, Section 2: "The objects of this Fraternity shall include the promotion of friendship, the exertion of moral influence, the diffusion of liberal culture, and the advancement of equity in college affairs. It shall be non-secret." This version remained with minor changes until around 1923, when the first printed example of

5963-427: The outgoing guard. This process is referred to as the "turkey shoot" or the "shoot". The unsigned opinions of ' " The Crimson Editorial Board" are decided at triweekly meetings that are open to any Crimson Editorial editor (except those editors who plan to write or edit a news story on the same topic in the future). The Crimson is one of the only college newspapers in the U.S. that owns its own printing presses. At

6052-442: The paper's headquarters, and its purchase of Harvard Illustrated Magazine and the establishment of an editorial board in 1911. The Illustrated ' s editors became Crimson photographers, and thereby established the photographic board. The newspaper's president no longer authored editorials single-handedly, and the paper took stronger editorial positions. During 1930s and 1940s, reduced financial resources and competition from

6141-607: The problem of a lack of socioeconomic diversity. Today, some 90 editors participate in the financial aid program every semester. Crimson editors repeated their scoop of Harvard's presidency in 2001, beating out national media outlets to report that Lawrence Summers would succeed Rudenstine, and again in 2007, being the first to report Drew Gilpin Faust 's ascension to the presidency. On January 12, 2004, The Crimson printed its first color edition after obtaining and installing four new Goss Community color presses. The date also marked

6230-435: The professional leadership, undermining the ability of the chapters to democratically express themselves. Though a number of other chapters initially signaled support for the Harvard position, a proposed amendment to the new document failed. In 1915 the Harvard chapter stopped paying dues to the fraternity. A further shot across the bow of the international fraternity came when Harvard requested headquarters stop sending copies of

6319-463: The proposed purchase of Axel Springer by KKR , an American private equity firm. In October 2020, BI ' s parent company purchased a majority position in Morning Brew , a newsletter. In 2022, Insider won the Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary , its first ever Pulitzer Prize, for its illustrated report "How I escaped a Chinese internment camp". The piece, composed as

6408-464: The races". The Crimson included more substance in the 1880s, as the paper's editors were more eager to engage in a quality of journalism like that of muckraking big-city newspapers; it was at this time that the paper moved first from a biweekly to a weekly, and then to a daily in 1885. The paper flourished at the beginning of the 20th century with the commission of its own building in 1915, located at 14 Plympton Street in Cambridge , which remains

6497-498: The same." The paper's editorial board admitted that where it previously held a "skeptical" stance on the matter, it has now shifted to fully supporting the BDS campaign, insisting that, "The weight of this moment — of Israel 's human rights and international law violations and of Palestine's cry for freedom — demands this step". In 2024, The Crimson scooped national outlets to the news that Claudine Gay would be resigning her post after

6586-475: The second of the 21st century, at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri . The initiation was significant as it was the first time in more than a century that Delta Upsilon established a chapter at a school where no previous fraternities and sororities existed. In 1854 the University of Vermont chapter, which was named Delta Psi , severed its connections with the Anti-Secret Confederation. The cause of separation

6675-596: The subpoena, stating that it would not comply with ConnectU's demands for documents. On April 23, 2006, The Crimson was the first to allege that portions of Harvard student Kaavya Viswanathan 's highly publicized debut young adult novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life had been plagiarized from two bestselling books by novelist Megan McCafferty . Further allegations were later made that Viswanathan's novel had drawn inappropriately from other novels as well. In 2019, The Crimson came under fire from some Harvard student groups after an article on

6764-470: The tail-end of the anti-Masonic hysteria that had recently swept the United States, though the idea that it was part of the popular backlash to Freemasonry has generally been rejected (a mysterious fire in 1841 destroyed the records of the first meeting of the Social Fraternity, erasing much of the organization's early history). Growth of the Social Fraternity (whose members were informally called

6853-421: The technology website Tech Insider , with a staff of 40 people working primarily from the company's existing New York headquarters, but originally separated from the main Business Insider newsroom. However, Tech Insider was eventually folded into the Business Insider website. Also in 2015, Business Insider launched Insider Picks , the precursor to what is now Insider Reviews , to help shoppers navigate

6942-527: The title of editor. If an editor makes news, they are referred to in the paper's news article as a " Crimson editor", which, though important for transparency, also leads to characterizations such as "former President John F. Kennedy '40, who was also a Crimson editor, ended the Cuban Missile Crisis." Editorial and financial decisions rest in a board of executives, collectively called a "guard", who are chosen for one-year terms each November by

7031-737: The unveiling of a major redesign of the paper itself. In 2004, The Crimson filed a lawsuit against Harvard University to force the Harvard University Police Department to release more complete records to the public. The case was heard before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in November 2005. In January 2006, the court decided the case against The Crimson and in favor of the university. In November 2005, The Crimson had its records subpoenaed by ConnectU in relation to its lawsuit against Facebook . The Crimson challenged

7120-444: The war by a board of Harvard University administrators, alumni, and students. In 1934, The Crimson defended a proposal by Adolf Hitler 's press secretary, Ernst F. Sedgwick Hanfstaengl , to donate to Harvard a prize scholarship to enable a Harvard student to attend a Nazi university. The Harvard Corporation voted unanimously to refuse the offer: "We are unwilling to accept a gift from one who has been so closely identified with

7209-466: Was a Business Insider investor; his investment company Bezos Expeditions held approximately 3 percent of the company as of its acquisition in 2015. In 2015, Axel Springer SE acquired 88 percent of the stake in Insider Inc. for $ 343 million (€306 million), implying a total valuation of $ 442 million. Business Insider operates a paid division titled BI Intelligence , established in 2013. In July 2015, Business Insider began

7298-556: Was adopted in 1858. Until this time, the motto of the Williams Chapter, " Ouden Adelon ", meaning "Nothing Secret", was used. The design of the ribbon is similar to the interior stripes of the hat band, but with colors reversed. It is 36-inches in length with open ends, designed to be crossed and fastened by the badge. The seal of the fraternity, which is in the custody of the international headquarters in Indianapolis,

7387-519: Was banned from campus for 5 years due to the circumstances surrounding a fire in its basement. It has yet to reestablish itself. The Fraternity's Four Founding Principles originated in the Preamble to the early Constitution of the Anti-Secret Confederation. They remained unchanged until the 1891 Convention undertook a complete revision of the Constitution, article-by-article. In the new revision,

7476-554: Was elevated to "international president", the fraternity's penultimate office, in 1944, holding it for three consecutive terms. Clark became the first Canadian to hold the Delta Upsilon presidency. In the 1950s, former Delta Upsilon international president Horace G. Nichol served as president of the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). He was recognized for his work leading the NIC with

7565-547: Was founded in 1834, when thirty freshman, sophomore, and junior students at Williams College met in the Freshman Recitation Room at the West College building to form what was then called "the Social Fraternity". The move was in response to the establishment of Kappa Alpha and Sigma Phi at the college and, unlike those fraternities, the Social Fraternity was avowedly anti-secret. Its founding came at

7654-457: Was initially only sold through the head office, however, in 1922 Delta Upsilon began licensing a small number of hatter shops, primarily in Manhattan and New England, to produce and sell the puggaree for $ 1 if the customer first displayed their badge to the clerk as a mark of identification. The Fraternity's motto is "Dikaia Hypothēkē" which the fraternity translates from Ancient Greek —"Δικαια Ὑποθήκη"—to mean "Justice, Our Foundation". The motto

7743-894: Was once again nominated in the Blog-Business category at the Webby Awards. In January 2014, The New York Times reported that Business Insider 's web traffic was comparable to that of The Wall Street Journal . In 2017, Digiday included imprint Insider as a candidate in two separate categories—"Best New Vertical" and "Best Use of Instagram"—at their annual Publishing Awards. The website has faced criticism for what critics consider its clickbait -style headlines. A 2013 profile of Blodget and Business Insider in The New Yorker suggested that Business Insider , because it republishes material from other outlets, may not always be accurate. In 2022, Insider won

7832-457: Was one of many college newspapers founded shortly after the end of Civil War . The paper describes itself as "the nation's oldest continuously published daily college newspaper", although this description is contested by other college newspapers. The Crimson traces its origin to the first issue of The Magenta , published January 24, 1873, despite strong discouragement from the Dean. The faculty of

7921-423: Was slated to resign; BI had earlier reported a false story alleging that Steve Jobs experienced a heart attack. In April 2011, Blodget sent out a notice inviting publicists to "contribute directly" to Business Insider. As of September 2011 , Business Insider allowed the use of anonymous sources "at any time for any reason", a practice which many media outlets prefer to avoid or at least indicate why

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