Word: sexuality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Coalition Against Sexual Violence (CASV) had the willing ears of administrators yesterday, as they discussed their concerns in their first official meeting with members of the Harvard College Dean's office this year...
...while BGLTSA officers said yesterday that National Coming Out Day is designed to celebrate visibility, encourage openness about sexual orientation and to reaffirm the pride and strength of the gay community at Harvard, Davidson said the organization's poster choices are unrepresentative and counterproductive...
...question begging to be answered, then, is how best we, as students of all sexual orientations, can help others find their way out of the darkness of the closet...
...whom is Coming Out Day intended? Although the answer may seem obvious, the Harvard "festivities" are perplexing. What is the value of random, strident and possibly offensive posters? While it is true that existing conceptions of gender and sexual roles must be called into question, it is inappropriate to pursue this goal on Coming Out Day. To challenge an existing structure inherently entails conflict. For a closeted student, inner conflict is a daily reality. Why should he or she leave the safety of the closet in order to add external conflict to that already occurring in his or her mind...
...ROTC debate typified an emerging trend in campus politics. When it comes to hot-button campus issues, students have, by and large, left the council for issue-specific special-interest groups. And these new groups--the Progressive Student Labor Movement, the Coalition Against Sexual Violence, etc.--seem to have more traction with the administration, demonstrated by their recently won concessions. When Dean Lewis ignores the (supposed) interests of the entire student body to heed the concerns of a small and interested faction thereof, it is evident that student government is no longer the best avenue for influencing the administration...