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Then suddenly Noel Ignatiev, a non-resident tutor, a veritable serpent in the new Eden, threatens your single, tiny, $40 toaster oven--the only oven of orthodox observance in any dining hall on campus...
Ignative, a strong believer in secularism, asserts that Harvard funding of a kosher toaster oven is a misuse on Berry's part of what he calls "public funds." He argues that the University is spending money to accommodate a certain religious groups, and thus violating the separation between "church and state" (the state being Harvard, the university founded as a theological seminary...
This non-resident tutor thinks that unless students use their own funds to cover the cost of the oven and table, neither should be subject to kosher restrictions, because in order to use this toaster one must adhere to such restrictions, and this is not fitting for a "public" toaster...
...this weren't enough, Ignatiev widened the scope of his counter-knish crusade at a meeting Wednesday night in Dunster House when he stated that not only was he opposed to Harvard support of a kosher toaster oven, but also of "...Harvard's funding of Hillel meals," referring to Harvard's reimbursement of Hillel's kitchen, covering its costs as it would any other dining hall...
...Wednesday night, someone suggested that perhaps the presence of the toaster and of the Hillel kitchen is a form of affirmative action. There are plenty of other toasters, ovens and microwaves on campus. The kosher toaster is a way of compensating those who have been discriminated against for years because of their choice of lifestyle...