Seniors add diversity to Symposium
Several graduating seniors spoke yesterday at the Top of the Hop about their experiences as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community at Dartmouth as part of the 2000 Senior Symposium. The talk, entitled: "Out Loud: Reflections of Queer Life at Dartmouth," contributed an aspect of diversity to the Symposium, which typically tends to focus on academic issues, said Andrew Thompson '00, co-chair of the Senior Symposium Planning Committee. Peter Jacobsen '00, Ezra Cooper '00 and Jane Peachy '99, along with Pam Meisner, LGBT coordinator, all shared their Dartmouth experiences and provided insight into a community outside of the mainstream. Jacobsen began by referring to the Alma Mater, saying that the "granite of New Hampshire" is restricting, and represents a rigidity and strictness that doesn't fit him.
