Monday, January 30, 2006

Not that there's anything wrong with that

A workshop was held at Dartmouth on homophobia.
Guzman and his co-facilitators invited members of six Greek organizations [...] to attend Saturday's event. According to Guzmam, they invited those houses that either have an open LGBT population or have been known to take an active stance against homophobia.
[...]
One house that was invited, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, did not participate because an informal discussion among brothers via BlitzMail did not generate enthusiasm for the program, Sig Ep president Jeff Wagner '06 said. Before making a formal decision about whether or not to participate, Wagner received word that the program, which was originally scheduled for Fall term, was canceled and postponed until this winter. According to Wagner, Sig Ep was not contacted a second time when the program was rescheduled.

Wagner added that some members questioned why the Greek community should focus on the issue of homophobia.

"[There was] a question of 'Why single out one group? Why not work on racism or things like that?'" Wagner said.

Yeah, after all cotton-pickin-finger-lickin-chicken-pluckers need love and understanding too.

The Dartmouth Online

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