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Most national conservative groups disavow a direct role but say they monitor and advise local battles through members at the grass roots. Some, however, don't. In Salt Lake City the Utah chapter of Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum spearheaded a school-board vote to ban all after-school clubs for the specific purpose of keeping a local high school from being host of an after-school club for gay teens. Last week the legislature passed a bill banning gay clubs in high schools statewide, mandating that local school boards "deny access to any student organization or club whose activity...
...back. In the next week Broadway will welcome three new ones: the Pulitzer-prizewinning Rent, the movie-based Big and the tap-a-thon Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk. Meanwhile, there's a pair of revivals--A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and The King and I--to prove Broadway can still dance, sing, touch the heart and crack the best old jokes...
What is interesting about Santini's article is that she has fallen into that trap herself. While advocating the establishment of a forum solely for Puerto Rican students, she also says, "As Latinos we are divided among Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, etc., and as Puerto Ricans we align ourselves as either from the island or the 'mainland.'...By creating divisions we can only weaken ourselves." She indicates that division is something we must avoid. Doesn't Santini see that the establishment of yet another ethnic organization on the Harvard campus for yet another Latino group would only exacerbate this division...
There is certainly something to be said about creating a forum of cultural appreciation for different ethnic groups. And some of these organizations do just this. Dinners, dances and gatherings held by the various clubs do bring members closer together and do promote an overall appreciation of the culture. This should not be denied. But what Santini seems to be looking for is club that will provide an arena for political movement--political activity similar (maybe less violent) than the Young Lords Organization which started in New York in 1969. This is ridiculous. To place this kind of political pressure...
...event was created and organized by Diana Spencer, a grant evaluator for the Davis Center, who said she thinks every department should host a similar interdisciplinary forum...