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Lesbian homecoming king engenders outrage

Maryland’s Hood College reviewing rules after woman is elected

 

FREDERICK, Md. - Hood College is reviewing its homecoming rules after a lesbian was crowned king, a college official says.

 

But Jennifer Jones, the 21-year-old senior who beat out three men for the honor, says her victory last month was a plus for the private liberal-arts college.

 

"It is cool that Hood allows people to be themselves," Jones, of Newark, Del., told The Frederick News-Post. "If people didn't want me to be king, they wouldn't have nominated me and voted for me."

 

Waves of discontent are still rippling through the 2,100-student campus in western Maryland more than two weeks after Jones was crowned at the Feb. 18 homecoming dance, the News-Post reported Monday.

 

"She is not a man," said Singleton Newman, a 22-year-old senior who was among the queen candidates. "It is a gender issue, and she is a woman."

 

Santo Provenzano, 21, who competed for king, said Jones' selection made the event seem like a joke. "It discourages guys from wanting to take part in the future," he said.

 

‘We will look at what students want’

Donald Miller, Hood's student activities director, said all homecoming events will be reviewed and possibly changed. "We will look at what students want Hood's homecoming to be," he said.

 

Jones, who is openly homosexual, received 64 of 169 votes cast, the News-Post reported. She is known on campus as a multi-sports athlete, member of the Student Government Association's executive board and president of Tolerance Education Acceptance, a support group for homosexual and bisexual students.

 

It was only the second annual homecoming at Hood, which didn't allow male students to live on campus until 2003. In 1912, the school's board of trustees changed its name to honor a wealthy benefactor. The institution became fully coeducational in 2002.

 

Jones tried to run last year for homecoming prince but the student committee wouldn't let her on the ballot, even though she had gathered the required number of signatures on nominating petitions.

 

‘Trying to be inclusive’

"We were trying to be inclusive of the male population and felt that because of this, we shouldn't allow a woman to run for the position," said Cheryl Banks, a committee member last year and this year's homecoming queen.

 

Miller said a rule change this year abolished the petitions and required that candidates be nominated by student ballots.

 

Jones said she didn't even know she was nominated until she saw her name on the final ballots that were distributed Feb. 13. Those ballots had been reviewed the night before by only half of the homecoming committee members at a hurriedly scheduled meeting, the News-Post reported.

 

Sophomore Jovanni Mahonez, who chaired this year's committee, said that before the ballots were distributed, she told both Miller and Olivia White, dean of students, that Jones was a king candidate.

 

Miller said the meeting was "more of an FYI than for her asking our permission."

[Soxy]

Maybe two better questions are:

1.) Why is a college having a homecoming king and queen?

2.) Why is their homecoming in February?

Edited March 7, 2006 by Soxy

[Rex Kickass]

Probably because the college doesn't have a football team.

 

And the real question is: if there's so much outrage among the students - how come only 169 out of 2000+ actually voted for Homecoming King?

[Mplssoxfan]

I guss this post is awash in irony, but the real question is, "why is this news?", or maybe, "Why does anyone not associated with Hood college care?"

[southsideirish]

I understand that this is funny and others don't care and that it isn't an issue. But, the others are right. King/Queen is a gender issue. It is not a gay/straight issue. Even if she is lesbian she can't be a king. She still has to be a queen. Sounds like whoever nominated her did it as either a joke, or they are a bunch of retards. Possibly both.

[DABearSoX]

Maybe two better questions are:

1.) Why is a college having a homecoming king and queen?

2.) Why is their homecoming in February?

 

 

When I used to goto Western Michigan I remember seeing stuff chalked on the sidewalk about voting for king/queen, thought it was weird then. At least that was during the football season though. Don't know if here at CU they have a king/queen ceremony. I just don't understand why she is happy about basically being called a man.

[southsideirish]

QUOTE(DABearSoX @ Mar 7, 2006 -> 10:01 PM)

When I used to goto Western Michigan I remember seeing stuff chalked on the sidewalk about voting for king/queen, thought it was weird then. At least that was during the football season though. Don't know if here at CU they have a king/queen ceremony. I just don't understand why she is happy about basically being called a man.

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http://www.hood.edu/campus/athletics/index...ayer-bios05.htm

 

Jennifer Jones of Hood College.

[WilliamTell]

I understand that this is funny and others don't care and that it isn't an issue. But, the others are right. King/Queen is a gender issue. It is not a gay/straight issue. Even if she is lesbian she can't be a king. She still has to be a queen. Sounds like whoever nominated her did it as either a joke, or they are a bunch of retards. Possibly both.

 

Yeah I agree here, no man should be queen and no woman should be king, it's a gender deal.