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Students Unsure if “Gay Bash” Posters Advertise Party or Hate Crime

By HUGO HENTOFF Feb. 15, 2016

“Gay Bash” posters hung up throughout the Bowdoin campus have left students wondering whether the school will be sponsoring a queer themed party or a hate crime next weekend.

Gay Bash Poster“I don’t think that Bowdoin would allow flyers that advocate the bashing of homosexuals,” said one student, “but a lot of things in this poster point to that. For example, there’s a period instead of an exclamation point after the ‘Be There’ so it seems more determined than excited, which is worrisome.”

“There isn’t much else to do on Friday nights,” said another student, “so I’m probably going to at least stop by. I’d prefer not to participate in a hate crime, but I’m a pretty open-minded guy, so I might try it.”

While the “Gay Bash” posters have been subject to heavy controversy around campus, the “Gangsters and American Indians” dress-up party next Saturday is expected to be a huge success.

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Student Watches Pornography in Protest of Bowdoin’s New IT Policies – Protests Five Times in One Day

By HUGO HENTOFF Feb. 11, 2016

In response to the Bowdoin IT department’s new security policy prohibiting the viewing of pornography on the school’s Wi-Fi network, student activist, Dan O’Connell, has been visiting numerous X-rated websites as a form of protest. O’Connell sometimes expresses his dissent five times in a single day.

“Dan is an inspiration,” said Trevor Mitchel, O’Connell’s roommate. “The sheer stamina and force of will needed to protest for so long and so often is astonishing. I’ve started doing my homework in the library so I don’t disturb him while he protests.”

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“Protesting has taught me so much,” said O’Connell.

While this is O’Connell’s first demonstration to garner media attention, he says he has been a devoted activist for years. “I began to experiment with protest in middle school. An older boy in the neighborhood was an activist and he used to take me to the woods behind his house and show me how to protest. I miss those days. I love protesting alone, but there’s really nothing like protesting with a friend.”

O’Connell is determined to continue protesting until the IT department repeals their new security policy. “I am prepared to protest six, maybe even seven times a day if it means exposing the injustice of the pornography ban. I may even continue protesting after the ban is lifted.”

 

 

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