"We have to remember not to revert to one side against another side," he says.

Sandy Cavazos '92, co-chair of the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Students Association, criticizes those who are trying to ostracize BSA.

"I kind of resent the attitude that the trend is to try to isolate the BSA from the Harvard community," says Cavazos. "I don't think that's true. I completely respect what the BSA did."

Weinstock adds, "The purpose of the BSA was to provoke dialogue. I don't think the BSA should be blamed. I think they did what they set out to do."

Indeed, several student leaders say the event has brought their groups closer together.

Eight student organizations banded together and assembled a crowd of approximately 450 to protest outside the Jeffries speech.

"I think that [the protest] was a wonderful display of community, of people really understanding that the struggle of one is the struggle of all," says Held.

Veronica Rosales '94, president of RAZA, points out that the coalition is already in place to protest a scheduled speech by presidential candidate and former Klu Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke.

"If Duke comes, all the groups will band together for that," says Rosales. "If this was a test, I think we passed with flying colors."

In fact, Held--who organized the rally against Jeffries--and BSA President Art A. Hall '93 began planning for an anti-Duke protest even before the Jeffries affair ended.