Word: halle
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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First, there was the "kiss-in," staged by members of Defeat Homophobia in the Mather dining hall last Friday. That protest, the outgrowth of an alleged harassment of a gay student the Sunday before, resulted in a Saturday house meeting during which students argued over the appropriateness of the dining hall kiss...
Since then, the pink triangles and blue squares have appeared. And the conversations have continued--in the dining hall, in rooming groups, in the elevators and hallways...
...kiss-in brings out a lot of latent bigotry, then at least it's something we can deal with," said Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Students co-chair Kelly M. Dermody '89-'90 before the protest in Mather House dining hall last Friday...
...special meeting called by Mather House Master Jeffrey G. Williamson, residents filled the dining hall in what was described as a heated debate with students objecting both to the characterization of Mather as intolerant and the manner and timing of Defeat Homophobia's protest...
Many said they felt that the timing of the kiss-in was inappropriate because the details of the incidents on February 19 were unclear. Others in the meeting said they found the kiss-in offensive, saying that the dining hall was not the right place for such activities...