Arabic-L:LING:responses to ALS 2007 Call

[Dilworth Parkinson]

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1) Subject:response to ALS 2007 Call
2) Subject:response to ALS 2007 Call

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Date: 02 Aug 2006
From:?? (moderator)
Subject:coffee in thermos OK

I got a message (which I somehow managed to lose, and I can't  
remember who it was from) asking if it would be OK to bring coffee in  
a thermos to the ALS sessions.  Since BYU does not have a policy  
excluding that, it should be OK.  Try to be as surreptitious as  
possible.  It will make it more amusing.
Dil

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2)
Date: 02 Aug 2006
From:urih at babel.ling.upenn.edu
Subject:gays and lesbians welcome

I wonder what impact Brigham Young University's discrimanatory policy  
on lesbians and gays might have on the hospitality of lesbian and gay  
members of ALS.

As an example, allow me to quote from the University's Honor Code:

"Advocacy of a homosexual lifestyle (whether implied or explicit) or  
any behaviors that indicate homosexual conduct, including those not  
sexual in nature, are inappropriate and violate the Honor Code.
Violations of the Honor Code may result in actions up to and  
including separation from the University."

(http://honorcode.byu.edu/ 
Honor_Code__Live_a_Chaste_and_Virtuous_Life.htm)

Uri Horesh
University of Pennsylvania & Georgetown University

[Dil answers: BYU will not do background checks on any of the  
conference attendees, so it shouldn't be an issue.  If you intend to  
participate in a demonstration or hold a placard as you walk across  
campus, I think you will find yourself not welcome.  How welcome you  
feel otherwise would probably depend on how comfortable you are in  
general in a fairly conservative religious university environment.]

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