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Article: Gay Awareness Week at Washington U. marred by harassment
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- October 28, 1999
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Martina Baillie
University Wire
10-28-1999
(The Student Life) (U-WIRE) ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- During the recent Gay and Lesbian Awareness Week, two incidences occurred on the Washington University campus which may have been motivated by hate.
Some time between October 8 and 11, during the weekend preceding Awareness Week, the banner for Spectrum Alliance, a student group for issues of sexual orientation, was stolen from the Oak Walk. Its disappearance was reported to the Washington University Police Department, which filed the incident as a theft of property valued at $300.
The following Tuesday, Vice President of Spectrum Alliance Rebecca Bishaf reported being verbally assaulted by two males ...