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PRIDE
INSIDE...

V Full Pride Events
Summary in A&E.

   

VOICES FROM
THE MTS.

V Gay Community
or WHAT? 

 

HEALTH &
WELLNESS

V Silence brings
Violence: Anti-GALBT
Hate Crimes ' '

  

OP-ED

V Safe Schools
Coalition Defends
Govenor’s Efforts”

 

 

VOLUME XIII, NUMBER 5

College Campuses

I Queer Activists at
Middlebury Demand

Change, Respect

 

BY DD TAYLOR-GARCIA

hroughout this spring, queer

student activists at

Middlebury College have

been gaining ground in the
battle for a queer-friendly campus.
When students returned from Spring
Break on March 29, they were greeted
with a flyer urging them to "Demand
DKE for Dykes!” The flyer included a
picture of DKE house, former home of
the fraternity that was banned from
campus when the Greek system be-
came illegal in 1989. The flyer listed all
the reasons that
GLBTQ students and
their allies needed a

 

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studies and queer
studies, and a center

that once a dialogue

activism. ”

The Death
of SAM

BY MICHAEL C. ALBERO

It was with great sadness
that Ed Robichaud made the
decision. Confronted by a lack

. of participation and seeing no

real initiative on anyone's be-
half to continue the group, he
began to compose one final
newsletter to all members and
friends of the Upper Valley's
Social Alternatives for Gay
Men (SAM). At one time, the
group served a vital function
in Vermont as a support and
social group for gay men, but
times have changed. After
eighteen years, SAM is closing
its doors, leaving behind a
legacy that will be cherished
by many.

In August of 1981, Ed
Robichaud arrived . at
Dartmouth College looking
forward to the regular GLBT
meeting, a rare opportunity to
socialize with other gay men.
As he glanced around the
room, he noticed another man
whom he had seen only re-
cently at the last several meet-
ings. During a break in the fes-
tivities, Robichaud ap-

proached the mysterious

stranger, who introduced him-

for cultural and edu-
cational events.

On April 27, the Community
Council approved the establishment of
a Gender Studies "house” organization
for the coming academic year, and the
establishment of an actual physical
structure for academic year 1999-2000.
Their decision awaits final approval by
College President John McCardell, Ir.

While members of the
Middlebury Open Queer Alliance
(MOQA) and other Gender & Queer

  
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
   

GENDER STUDIES, p30

  
 
 

  

  

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Above righ Sophomore Gwynn Guilfbrd and Iunior Stephanie Hunt led the ”DKEfor Dykes"

  

  
 

 

 

campaign, which requested housing for queer students at Middlebury College.
Above: Middlebury College President Iohn McCardell ]r.responds to student protesters who
demanded that a Diversity Affairs Ofiice be instated to advocate for minority students.

I Disunity Among
Goddard Students
Relieved by ”Queer”
Wedding

  
  
   
  
  
  
     
   
  
  
   
  
   
  
  
  
  
   
  
  

BY MICHAEL C. ALBERO

This spring has been a particu-
larly warm one for Vermont, but the
temperature at Goddard College in
Plainfield has been significantly hotter.
With vicious rumors circulating about
hidden agendas and a corrupt admin-
istration, a state of political upheaval
has seized the school. At night, mem-
bers of ".rival” dorms have reeked
havoc among the greater campus com-
munity, and a general feeling of dis-
unity has settled amongst most of the
student body. However, in what has
become a very bleak semester for many,
a rare ray of light was found on. May
6th, 1998, in the marriage of two stu-

   

  

GODDARD, p5

I Dartmouth Demonstrators Educate Campus About
Gay Teen Suicide at Christian Coalition Lecture

BY JENNIFER DZURIA

On May,11, the steps in front of
Dartmouth College's Cook Audito-
rium looked to be the site of a mass
suicide. Queer students, protesting a
speech being made inside by Ralph
Reed, former executive director of the
Christian Coalition, lay on the steps of
Cook Auditorium dressed in black,
with bloodied wrists. Posted near the
students was a sign that read ”30% of
all teen suicides are by queer youth.”

Though Reed's speech was spon-
sored by conservative student groups
at Dartmouth, most of the crowd go-
ing into the speech was friendly to-

wards the protesters. One protester ‘

wrapped herself in a giant rainbow flag
and began to hand out rainbow stick-
ers to the passers—by.

The "protest was organized by

Ezekiel Webber, a sophomore. About
twelve students participated in the
event, which was covered by a local
television news station.

Although Ralph Reed has long
been associated with the intolerance of
the Christian right, his speech Monday,
entitled "Values in Politics,” was not
itself particularly notable, recapping
various incidents in American history,
advocating school voucher programs,
and offering some thin rhetoric against
racism. Protester Peter Jacobsen com-
mented ‘The protest was defintely a lot
more interesting than this speech."

    

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