Word: swats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When I tried to hand a student a flyer at the SWAT rally two weeks ago and he refused to take it, I did call him "fashionably apathetic." I wish to apologize for my remark...
However, the student's complaint that SWAT chanted and marched while he expressed his views on sexual discrimination is unfair, It was, after all, a rally. The student, Louis M. Green '91 could have drawn me aside and talked to me, but it is presumptuous of him to demand that the entire group stop to listen to his personal views. Surely this does not constitute "arrogance, condescension" or elitism...
While Louis M. Green '91 may not be "fashionably apathetic," he is at least ignorant of the facts. His letter concerning SWAT, published on November 14, is incorrect on several points. We wish to set the record straight...
Green says that SWAT has singled out the Fly Club because it has the closest ties to the University, making the legal action easier. Wrong on all counts. SWAT did not file the legal complaint against the Fly. Before the SWAT was even conceived of, Lisa Schkolnick '88 went to file a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination against all the final clubs. She was told she must specify one club, and she randomly chose...
Schkolnick's complaint sparked the interest of others who decided to form a group to support the case. They formed Stop With-holding Access Today (SWAT). The purpose of the group has always been twofold, as the name suggests. SWAT supports the legal complaint (raising legal fees, helping with research, etc.), which is aimed directly at the Fly, as the phrase "SWAT the Fly" might suggest...