Pappin did not persuade the Council, however, which earmarked $700 for distribution to campus groups that seek to combat intolerance toward gay students.

However, Pappin says he realizes that returning to the 1920 mores that allowed Harvard to expel students based on their private sexual practices is out of the question.

He says he would like to see the humbler goal of sex-segregated dormitories met in the next few years.

Despite his politically incorrect beliefs, Pappin says he is not ideologically lonely. “My friends and I are of one mind,” he says. “That means there are more like me at Harvard—sorry to scare you.”

In the May 7 issue of the Salient, the last of the school year, Pappin published an article titled “A Letter’s Defense: Philosophy and Homosexuality,” in which he outlines a philosophical case against homosexuality.

But, with exam period nearing, the reaction to the Salient’s issue was slight compared to the firestorm following Pappin’s December letter, ending for now Pappin’s time in the spotlight.