Word: mathering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THIS implication of abnormality has pervaded the Harvard community's reaction to the events in Mather House. Many students who do not want to discuss the larger question of homophobia on campus have insisted on debating only what occurred in the initial harassment case...
...days later, Mather students entered their dining hall to see "Harvard faggots die" scrawled on a blackboard...
When about 100 Mather students last week took pink triangles to hang in their windows in order to show support for the gay community, other students said that the show was poorly timed because the Mather community was already upset by the earlier events and debates that had occured in the house. But shouldn't those who support gay rights take advantage of the existing dialogue in order to make their position known...
...house masters to hold discussions about homophobia to include the topic of "rights of heterosexual students" and sexual harassment in the resolution's introduction. The amendment clearly dilutes the original intent of these discussions as a way of continuing across campus the important discussions prompted by the events at Mather House...
BOTH the majority position and Defeat Homophobia's responses to the Mather dance incident of February 19 unwittingly damage the cause of greater understanding on campus...