David A. Campbell

After rocking the political infrastructure of the BGLTSA, this senior has left the organization a changed person, with a reconceived idea of gay politics.

David A. Campbell '00 credits the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgendered Students Association (BGLTSA) with helping him tremendously in his coming-out process. The social network it provided helped him to come out to his roommates, friends and, eventually, his family.

Though the political end of the organization did interest Campbell somewhat, he had always favored the social opportunities it fostered more. Nevertheless, he became an executive board member by his sophomore year. That's when things started to go sour.

Campbell describes the transition of the organization that year as a movement from social to political. He himself was "disillusioned" by this shift.

"I had no bad experiences on campus," he says. "I don't feel like a victim. I support the causes but not the agitation."