Skinner agreed that his group is not out to accuse a particular organization of wrongdoing. We're not trying to get anyone in trouble. But we need to make people aware that there is a problem on campus. We want to educate people and work with the Greek system as a result of this incident. Skinner also mentioned that Howard offered to speak at one of the Lambda group meetings, and invited the group to a fraternity chapter meeting to try to raise awareness of what Lambda's purpose at Vanderbilt is.
People are reluctant to understand people other that themselves.
People need to be willing to understand a different group. But he also said that since the alleged incident occurred in and near the property of the Sigma Chi fraternity, and the involved individuals were wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the Sigma Chi logo, he feels justified in coming forward in the hope that future similar incidents won't occur. The purported incident in the Homecoming Parade comes in addition to alleged acts of vandalism against the Lambda office in recent weeks. Lambda member Nicole Cabrerra said she arrived at the office at that time to find that all of the organization's signs had been removed from its door, with religious brochures in the mailbox and an AIDS-related sticker on the outside of the box. There was only tape on the door.