{"id":2041,"date":"1988-11-07T20:04:45","date_gmt":"1988-11-07T20:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/?p=2041"},"modified":"2018-10-31T14:16:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T18:16:26","slug":"wesley-house-hate-note-recipient-speaks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/1988\/11\/07\/wesley-house-hate-note-recipient-speaks-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Wesley House hate note recipient speaks out"},"content":{"rendered":"

November 7, 1988<\/span><\/p>\n

Wesley House hate note recipient speaks out<\/span><\/p>\n

The Wesley House resident who received the five hate notes went to the Sophian to express her frustrations with the administration\u2019s handling of the situation. She said that when she talked to Dean Ann Burger, the dean had told her that there was no policy to deal with such an incident, \u201cas if it were something new, as if this had never happened at Smith College before.\u201d Dean Burger referred the student to President Dunn on the grounds that only the president could suspend or expel the perpetrators. The student felt a bit better about her meeting with President Dunn, noting, \u201cAt least they felt a College commitment, if not a personal commitment, to try and do something about this problem.\u201d However, the student said that she thought the administration was focusing more on touting their new anonymous notes policy than on her particular situation. She was also frustrated with her housemates, many of whom had trouble believing that the notes could have come from someone in their house. The student received a sixth note with a racial slur mocking the handwriting analysis that had taken place at a house meeting. At the time that the Sophian article came out, the student continued to live in Wesley House, declaring, \u201cI pay tuition and I am entitled\u2014it is my right to stay in this house.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The full Sophian article on the hate note recipient can be found here (<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i><\/a>,<\/span><\/i> 3<\/span><\/i><\/a>).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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