Word: swatting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...state decision. In an effort to drum up support for her case, Schkolnick has tried to receive endorsement for her complaint from the Undergraduate Council. Though the council voted down a motion to support the complaint on moral grounds. It did approve a grant to Stop Witholding Access Today (SWAT), a new student group pledged to support the Mather senior's case SWAT won approval as an official student organization from the College last month...
...SWAT members said they are now planning a variety of activities and fundraisers to support Schkolnick's case. The group has had two organizational meetings that each drew more than 20 students, said John A. Felitti '91, one of SWAT's founders...
...meeting next week will help the group decide what its aims will be, said SWAT member, Jeanne Theoharis '91. She said that the group at that time would "figure out what SWAT's principle and main line...
LAST Sunday night, the council tried to avoid taking sides and fell straight into this trap. The student government failed to take a stand against sexism. It is unfortunate that the council is taking such a blindly pernicious stance, but neverthless Stop Withholding Access Today (SWAT) must continue its battle and bring its case before other student organizations. Maybe once the Radcliffe Union of Students, the Black Students Association, and the Alumni Against Apartheid pass anti-final club resolutions, the council will be isolated in its stance--and see the light. The time has come for Harvard students, and their...
...much as Schkolnick's complaint is admirable--as is the founding of an organization commited to her effort known as Stop Withholding Access Today (SWAT)--access for women to the clubs is only the first step towards undermining the clubs' entire existence. Her suit attacks the clubs at their most vulnerable point, but their problem is not limited to sexism. The clubs have a long history of racism against Blacks and Jews. The Porcellian club admitted its first Black member only four years...