Last week, Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth ’71 stressed the need to determine accurately whether student groups wrongfully discriminate.
“I feel strongly that all of our student groups in order to have recognition from the College need to be non-discriminatory,” Illingworth said, adding that he “would intervene” if the student groups “were discriminatory or supporting groups that discriminate.”
As the council was approving its final bill of the night—a measure allocating $500 for the council to co-sponsor a dinner with student group leaders and administrators—a security guard barged into the room and warned the council that it had to vacate its Sever Hall meeting place because the building had to be locked for the night.
Hastening its vote, the council obliged.
—Anne K. Kofol contributed to the reporting of this story.
—Staff writer Alexander J. Blenkinsopp can be reached at blenkins@fas.harvard.edu.