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...make a compelling legal argument that will distinguish between the Fly Club and things as harmless as Wellesley College, both institutions that deny their benefits to members of one sex. When reason and sobriety are beyond one's capabilities, only slander remains as an effective political weapon. SWAT, ZIP and their cohorts hope that repetition and volume alone will be enough to make their outrageous charges into facts. We, at least, feel that they should not be able to get away with it. Christopher A. Ford '89 Ronald J. Granieri...
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...
...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...
SWAT members said that while ZIP opposes whatmany call sexism and elitism at the clubs, SWAThas restricted itself to the gender discriminationissue. They said this distinction is probably notclear to students...
...Zellweger and de Leon said that ZIP insteadmay strengthen SWAT by making it appear to be amiddle-of-the-road organization...