FORUM ‘Hate flier’ investiqation turns up embarrassment By Kristin Casady 1 ,iui p!r1)/ Slav !>). I fie lesbian conmiunitv thinks its about an investigation 111 it made them feel unsale M\ mother thinks its about lavs mts who ( barge Shu an hour 7 Vie ( 'ommrnt.itor (|une Ifttt 1 I sees ll as an episode ol the jin litii alls correi I 1 rurtlv mg one ol their own As part ot that unique breed ot lesbian feminist hate 1 rime committing-misogynists 1 wish to offer an interpretation I bis rase is about ,1 financially strapped university that used ovit Jot) paid hours to garner I'K for appearing lough on hate i.rimes. It was an eilort that re suited onl\ in then public em h.u rassment I suggest, however, that this is far from the yvorst 1 unt lusUm one might make 1 fiis invest! gallon la u 111. bed to make a publit example o! uir may have done serious damage to the environment ot tree sprei h and jiolitii.il exjuession on 1 anijius ( ert.nnly (been My les Hianii and Of’.S would conn* down ill favor ot jiolitu .tl expression oil campus. and would never in tend to stifle ai tivtsm even the kind that refuses to operate under the anspu es ol an f.Ml Suite 1 group. So why were my fliers so zealously pursued es per rally when any lint the most cavalier analysis would show that these fliers were linking rejiresentations ol militarism misogyny and yy.ir profiteer mg I'hev were honoring the com plaints nl tin- radical feminists who were upset about the III ers. as (been i burned in an April plume call I find tins dif fit ult to believe as no one has really listened to feminists be fore Hut in this "sensitivity ti md sweeping the country, s h an investigation is up proved It was a soun e of eni harrassment for several sides in tins case when my gender lieeame known and the Worn en’s Center changed its view of the fliers from a "hate crime to "pretty stupid political sat ire." according to coordinator Has,ini kudura, coordinator ( Kvffislrr-duurd. May 7| Muv be tins means some of these feminists feel pretty stupid; in Women's Studies parlance, women ( annot be sevist If these feminists had taken a moment to consider whv I iim I ,i negative depu tion of vv omen on the fliers ; to expose the nnsocvnv in war lanjjti.iv;> .uni visit,r i cpn-sriit,it tons o| vv .u then tti.r, tie thin vvonlii not haw • <>n11>!.11 A thorough iioi nine nt atein->>f i'\ erv piov tn tins a nvestigation reipnres more spat e Ilian I have lii'ti- Hut 1 v\ tsli to provide voir with .i sense, mi thehoav v hand ed. nattire lit the wav the ease vv as pnrsneit All ai I|iiaintaiu e ot linin' Al exandta ! I Kite i ill’ered an altei iiriti- explanation tor inv liters in her Women s Sell I Metis. course bul k in I'elntiarv. when than i aine under allot h ,o lie mi; hateful to women A i on i i‘i netl feminist took it upon herself to give I'nole’s name to l )I>S where thin hail ail offn er assigneii till It line to the ' hate tl lei i ase I i note vv ,e. i n ei -t mattei of many weeks i nil tall v geiitlv encouraged andlater in sistentlv haiasseii to reveal mV relent 11 v At first, DCS claimed thev just wanted to talk with me about it. then "who did it and win Thev promised notably that 1 wouldn't he punished I continually refused, not out of cowardice but on principle 1 was offended by this farcical investigation, angered In slop pv interpretations of my flier for example \()l)l I eh !‘l| and Inisv vv itli si hoof I live,tv ei mg in their invest! gation tervor Ol’S continued then search They committed a grave dishonor bv distributing the l nwantetf Sexual Attention forms m I note's i lass and us mg them toi handwriting anal v sis I his ought to My in the taie of OPS s claims of being tough on sexual assault and i mating a safe environment for women on campus. I hanks to this handwriting analysis a woman was called m. mad her miranda rights and inter'negated for hours Despite ()l‘s ■ inconclusive I t v idem c she vvas detaitnsd questiuned .it I• • riv;111 .mil threat t ill'd with pfnsei utnrii Thev had .1 nri|i‘i ttiral ev idem e th.it thi' hate 111**i .111ist s name was Mime derivative ul i'hris tine arid thill tin' per.pe1r.itnr vv.iv ,i lesbian I hese tinlii'iiv led tu tvv' • ■ shi.m vve>111**11 tw-Hiii inini'i essarily frightened .im! vvrongfullv i u.trged I In- i ■ii ink. on mu li histi n hin |iii'pi ir tions lh.it m.ve ol ihi'M women'-, i tnplnv iT was i nut.Ii ted on! quest II I Ill'll I vv.is livid .it fin' turn ul events .mi! lirsjutr mv earliei de< isiori to wash mv h.iiuls ul thi' sltii.itlnn I vv ioli* .in .miiiiv limns li'ttri id explanation tm tin tlii'ts .uid ray refusal In i min' forward I li.it tins vv.is m .nIf<|il.tti• tu end tin- iuvesfiga tinn Itor this li-tli'i vv.is vv l itlt*n III I .11 Iv y.lfl hl show '. till' ills huni'stv ul thi' prosi'i ution \t tin ill ( It'S h id .isMiri'd I mill' in In■ r mlerrog.itmil th.it thev ii ii' ii • IV washed tu ensure (hilt I wasn't being hateful I made this fM eedmglv i ii'.ir in the Iftter and prm mg that mv set ut Huts had no i onnevtiort with tin' i.u ist and malt'Vulfiit si't that appe. Ill'll III IniiuafV was hlatantlv obvious due tu thi-ir dissimilaritv ut Imth sfvle and message Hut (".men. (an'V Drayton and thi1 rest ut the prusi*t utiun ti’ain appau nllv felt thev i mild ndi ,i wave ut | ml it it ullv t m rt‘i t support into lame Thev vvimill have dune well tu exam me the state ut similar "sensi live Speer Ii i ases uia luring mi campuses throughout the l int ed States Higher i units tended tu find against this wave of it thought police Rather t.reeii a nd I traytun while a commeii tatv tm tin Enwi.ihl ntidei the headline Stiillg ai time, taken alter hate fliers push'd it )/>/ May li). vv Im h was a shut at sell aggrandizement that li.n k tired I’liblu siippmt direi tinii arid it teaned vv i mill tri mv seem i un< neon i*iis MiMHU'd ri( < wifh !t*rin .1 ki < hi* krn nn iml;'* Pork or vegetarian trier I rue and hot shredded vegetables $3.85 Dim Sum tverv Surulav I I am Ir\ out dinner too! 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