Another student wrote back that slut was a “sexist, derogatory term.”
E-mails fired back and forth, and the exchange resulted in the suspension of the Eliot House list.
The House Committee sent an e-mail to the list emphasizing that the list is “uncensored, unmoderated,” but at the same time requested that House residents “try to remain civil when speaking to one another on the list.”
The list was restored after being offline for less than 24 hours.
—Staff writer Hera A. Abbasi can be reached at abbasi@fas.harvard.edu.
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