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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...
Members of the Fly Club--as far as I can tell, some of you are really kind, good, decent people, but your organization is being sued for sex discrimination. And a good part of the student body has mobilized in groups like SWAT and ZIP to let you know that they find your club's presence abhorrent. And I'm sure you know that the space could be better used as a student center, a women's center, office or classroom space, a shelter for battered women or even a homeless shelter. Yes, with homeless people all over Cambridge...
...most part an excellent and informative article. However, it included one gross misstatement. While most of the article clearly and directly stated the facts concerning the poll taken, the final conclusion read, "The poll suggests that despite statements by the anti-final club group Stop Witholding Access Today (SWAT) that the gender discrimination at the clubs is an issue of basic civil rights, the issue is identified with liberalism on campus." The implication of this statement--that because SWAT's cause is a liberal cause it is not a civil rights cause--is absurd. Liberals have long been champions...
There are two fundamental problems with SWAT. First, that they have singled out the Fly Club. I understand they have done this because the Fly has the closest ties with Harvard which makes legal action easier, but stopping one club on the basis of association with Harvard does not stop the others. My second problem is with the acronym for Stop Withholding Access Today. "SWAT" seems to have been chosen for the Fly, "SWAT the Spee" is nonsensical. The acronym also implies destruction of the clubs. While some people may want this, I think there is very little legal grounds...
...disturbed by some SWAT members' behavior Saturday. The snide remark of my fashionable apathy strikes me as akin to the arrogance, condescension, and elitism that SWATters purport to protest. I hope this doesn't characterize all members of SWAT. I thank the woman who insulted me for hearing and acknowledging my complaint. I was surprised SWATters chanted while I explained myself--a group that expects others to hear their argument will not hear another. I was even more suprised that a group advocating civil rights tried to limit my freedom of speech...