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...Before the early 1980s, when gay rights at Harvard gained momentum, a small, all-male, all-white social group called the Gay Students Association (GSA) existed, unrecognized by the College, in relative anonymity because members feared being outed in a climate hostile toward homosexuality. Former GSA president Benjamin H. Schatz ’81 shook up the campus’ major gay organization by incorporating women and playing up the group’s political role, rallying its members behind the burgeoning gay rights movement. But even at the time, some students were uncomfortable with the politicization of an organization...
...watchdogs of government spending also blame lawmakers' indecisiveness and extravagance. "Anybody that's ever had work done on their home knows the greatest cost comes from changing the plans," says Steve Ellis, vice-president of Taxpayers for Common Sense. Thomas Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, argues that tourists are just fine standing in lines outside the White House and the monuments. "Why Congress members thought they were so special to deserve this facility speaks to their attitude for spending in general," he says...
...people. The march left a trail of severed lambs’ heads attached to leaflets with fake quotations, including one attributed to University President Derek C. Bok, which read, “Homosexuals at Harvard? It’s just not preppy.”Benjamin H. Schatz ’81, who was then president of the GSA, recalls a very intimidating atmosphere.“It was a very scary time,” he says, adding that gay students were often targets of both verbal attacks and projectile food in dining halls.Colantuono, who went on to become...
...time we stop hiding behind our individual issues and see the connection between them all,” wrote Benjamin H. Schatz ’81 in a letter to The Crimson. “Women’s issues affect every single one of us and demand our full support...
...matter how many earmarks Coburn fights, dozens remain in the bills Congress passes. And for all the attention he has received, Coburn is calling for only $3 billion in cuts in a $106 billion bill. "The cost of pork in dollars amounts is not that large," says Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, "but in terms of time and energy, it takes up a lot." To achieve Coburn's goal of balancing a federal budget of more than $2 trillion - with an estimated deficit this year of more than $300 billion - would require drastic spending cuts that Coburn...