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Jacinda T. Townsend `92 draped a Swastika from her window, hoping the University would force her, Kerrigan and McCormack to remove their banners...
When Barenboim (an Israeli citizen born in Argentina) announced his plans, the most immediate outcry rose from a small but vocal minority of Jews for whom the names of Wagner and Hitler are inextricably linked. "Like it or not, Wagner is a symbol of Nazism, as sure as the swastika is," said Avram Melamed, a violinist with the Israel Philharmonic. Commented Barenboim at a post-cancellation press conference: "I can't help feeling that there are a lot of people in Israel who still think Wagner lived in Berlin in 1942 and was a personal friend of Hitler...
Best thing to happen since Jacinda T. Townsend '92--who wound up in Newsweek for protesting the Confederate flag with creative logic by hanging a swastika from her window--became the Undergraduate Council's publicity chair. Presumably because the unimaginative bigot who scrawled "Faggot" on a Lowell House resident's room was otherwise engaged...
...more importantly, too many students interviewed for The Crimson series said they had never heard of Hernandez-Gravelle or her office. One student who is currently involved with the Foundation said he found a swastika in his bathroom, but did not know which administrative channels to pursue. That degree of anonymity is unacceptable. Hernandez-Gravelle is supposed to be the administrator to hear concerns about race relations. Her job is not only to be available but, more importantly, to be known. Her relative anonymity renders her all but ineffective...
When Bridget L. Kerrigan '91 hung a Confederate flag from her Kirkland House window, and when Jacinda T. Townsend '92 responded by hanging a swastika in her own window, the Black Students Association (BSA) and Hillel worked together to formulate an organized response...