Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 18:32:10 -0500 (CDT)
From: "....DREALM...." <grantham@knuth.mtsu.edu>
Subject: MTSU ARTICLE (archive)

By Michael Grantham

	Middle Tennessee State University Lambda Association has been 
designated as the state link to LGB campus organizations under the 
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Campus Project National Homepage.
	Members of the NGLTF Campus Project Mailing list began the 
project to create a national homepage through discussions over the 
interent. The National Page is located at 
http://www.nenet.org/nenet/ngltfcampus/listindx.htm and is maintained by 
David Leonard.
	The MTSU Lambda Association Webpage became the first completed 
link to the national homepage serving as a resource to the entire LGB 
community with specific interest directed toward campus organizations.
	MTSU Lambda Association is currently organizing a few South Eastern 
states to establish and maintain local sites within GA, MS, LA, AL, and FL. 
Lambda's efforts are in concert with a national movement toward 
an empowering era for lesbians, gays, and bisexuals and encourages campus 
organizations to develope websites as a resource for managing information.
	Lambda Association's website is located at 
http://www.mtsu.edu/~mtlambda and offers links to a global LGBT community 
traditionally kept at a distance by under currents created to keep such 
groups isolated. Lambda hopes to help foster a statewide alliance slowly 
forming within the LGBT community.
	The Uniform Equality Committee, formed to pursue the enhancement 
of the campus nondiscrimination policy, has relied on internet as a 
primary information source. Reaping the benefits, the UEC has yeilded 
considerable successes in its four months of commission. Activists at 
other schools have commented on this progress and are seeing similar 
results.
	In an attempt to bring some insight into local grass roots civil rights 
efforts, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Campus Project 
mailing list conceived the idea to link campus groups out of online 
activism. The speed and freedom of information helps organizations to 
find one another to share ideas and resources.
	As one online activist observed, "before, we never knew anyone 
else was out there." This is the tone of a movement coming of age, and 
campus organizations in the heat of it are taking notice.
	States such as California and Wisconsin have long since had such 
state indexes online. Activists are quick to point out the advances both 
states have made.
	The Campus Project mailing list can be subscribed to by sending a 
message requesting information to Dleonard@nenet.org. Students at universities,
colleges, and highschools experiencing deficient campus resources will 
find active discussions on organization and information management.
	To link your campus organization to the NGLTF Campus Project 
Homepage, groups need to send a message to mtlambda@frank.mtsu.edu with 
the name of the group, a contact and either a website URL or email 
address. If your group doesn't have this access, call Lambda Association 
at 780-2293 for information on how to start one.