>From: Jennifer Weiss <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Jennifer Weiss <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: forum >Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:26:42 -0500 > >I think debate is awesome and necessary but we need to set some ground >rules. People tend to become obnoxious and belligerent when their >lifestyle's are being criticized and we want to avoid having any one person >dominating the debate and trying to push their agenda (which we all know >could potentially happen). > >How are we planning to organize it? How do we define different styles of >activism and than get someone that represents all these things together and >does work for Hunter on a panel? SLAM is certainly not homogenous in this >respect. Are we doing liberal, republican, left? Are we doing black bloc, >electoral? We're talking about people having debates that have fundementally >different attitudes toward the way our system is organized. I'm totally into >it I just want to see how it's organized. > >Also - I know these things have a tendency to end up being all white, male >panels. It would be a real shame if we have a panel of activists that >totally didn't represent the largely women of color student body. I just >want to make a call for us to be aware of that as this thing comes together. > >Peace, >J