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Although the group provides an alternative towhat members called SWAT's moderate stance, ZIPorganizers said the two groups share many aims andcan coexist. De Leon said it was important thatthe two groups not oppose each other...
...while many SWAT members feel no threat fromZIP, some SWAT members said the new group'stactics could cause great damage...
John L. Robbins '90, who handles SWAT's postersand flyers, said that the new group may antagonizefinal club members who support opening the clubsto women. "When you have this sort of aggressive,insulting behavior, it turns them off," Robbinssaid...
...SWAT member John A. Felitti '91 said ZIP'sposters rely on an "emotional punch" that attractsattention but does not stimulate thought. Felittisaid SWAT tries to rally people to its cause bypublicizing facts about the clubs, rather thanpolarize the student body along emotional lines...
...Many SWAT members said they also fear thatconfusion between the two groups may lead studentsto mistake SWAT's civil rights emphasis for anunpopular liberal agenda...