rrizzo@bbncca.ARPA (Ron Rizzo) (10/23/84)
Any ex-Tuftonians out there? Let's form a Gay Alumnae/i Group for Tufts University (Medford, MA). Tho' I'm not absolutely sure, I don't think Tufts has one. We could place ads with Tufts Clubs around the country (even West Coast branches are fairly active), in the Alumnae/i paper, and in student papers on campus (including the rightwing rag, The Primary Source: observing the reaction should be fun). What would be the purpose of such a group? Why, to seduce deserving underclassmen/women and make Jean Mayer cringe, of course! :=( Seriously, "alumni affairs", as they're facetiously called, revolve entirely around heterosexual families or divorces, offering very little for gay alumnae/i. We can provide a social setting of value and interest, and create a visible gay input to "alumni affairs". Maybe we should also contact the gay student group on campus and discuss how to go about it. This last June, a number of newspapers (here, the Boston Globe) covered the few gay alumnae/i (I'm getting tired of typing gender inflections!) groups that exist in the North- East by describing how they participated in commencement week events. I believe Yale, Harvard, & Cornell have such groups. "Let's light up the Hill!" Ron Rizzo