Presented with Hill's version of the conversation, Burton changed his story yesterday. While Hill did not tell him he could use the buttons, Burton said, neither did Hill expressly forbid him from doing so.
Burton said he felt this implied that he had the BGLTSA's permission.
"[Hill] was not thrilled about the idea, but he was like, 'OK, whatever,' " Burton said.
But the BGLTSA board--which learned that Burton took the buttons only after reading a Dec. 20 Crimson article about the Driskell-Burton ticket's campaign violations--disagreed.
Board members then realized they did not have any buttons left and asked Burton to return them.
"The purpose of the [BGLTSA] buttons is not to be Driskell-Burton campaign buttons," explained Anna M. Baldwin '00, vice chair of BGLTSA.
While the BGLTSA board has been reluctant to publicly label Burton's actions as stealing, some of Burton's former supporters have been less hesitant.
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