rally proceeded peacefully while a party continued inside the club Picketers carried signs asking women to read the newsletter before entering the club and distributed copies to passersby.

Picketers said they were trying to draw attention to the contents of the newsletter.

"We're not here to change anybody's opinions," said organizer Carol A. Owens '84. "We're here to let them know what's going on."

"I hope that enough people who hadn't thought about it will now," said Radcliffe Union of Students' President Gennic Wirka '86.

Keating said last week in an interview that the newsletter "in no way reflects the attitudes of the members of the club," and called it a "parody."

But protestors said that even as a parody the newsletter was offensive.

"Parodies are generally directed at the outside world and this was an internal letter," said Vince T. Chang '84, who introduced the Undergraduate Council resolution. "This letter seems to be in the general vein of the organization. And according to people I've spoken to the newsletters in the past have looked a whole lot like this," he added.

Several women who read the newsletter and were planning on attending the party turned away.

"A lot of girls were really appalled," said Lesley freshman Jill D Yoffa, who came to the protest after reading the letter, which was distributed during dinner at the college.

"There were a lot of girls that were going to go to the party because they thought it was a regular party. They said they would have some but did not want to became they were afraid," she added

Rally organizer Laura Haight '84 said they distributed copies and announced the rally at Lesley, Simmons and Emmanuel colleges.

Pi Eta members said they thought the protest was an overreaction. "This is an enormous fuss for a parody," said one member who refused to be identified. "We're just a bunch of guys who go in for a couple of beers."

"Don't you think it ironic that half these people [protesting] are homos and lesbians, and you're complaining about our morals," former club president Joseph lppolito '84 told a protest organizer during the rally.

Pi Eta members said that their newsletter and parties were private and that no one was forced to do anything.

"I think there is a right to do anything you want and vice versa. There is a right to have the club or to picket," said a graduate member, who asked not to be identified.

"A lot of what they say is tongue-in-cheek," said a woman who had been to parties but asked not to be identified. "Nobody's forced to do anything they don't want to do and both men and women are contact with what's going on. There is stuff written on the walls and ceilings so you know what's going on."

Action

Committee on College Life members said they would bring up the recent incidents at their meeting this Thursday and consider how it affected the club's probation states.

The probation was not "of the kind where you said one more step and you'll be closed because at the same time the committee raised the question of jurisdiction," Epps said.

Since the fall's incident, the committee has been conducting a review of the College's ties to the final clubs and other private groups.

"They were asked to behave more responsibly, and I don't think the printing of this newsletter and the implications about what is going on in there is behaving responsbily," said committee member Erica S. Eisenberg '86. "The Pi Eta asked to be reopened became it did the community a service and provided an important social function, and the letter calls all of that into doubt," she added.

Committee member Jake Stevens '86 said he was not sure if closing it down was the appropriate action, but added, "I think the administration should express its displeasure more strongly than it has."