I got email from her a while ago; she was working at the Huntingdon newspaper and doing an article on study abroad. I'd like to keep in touch. Back then, people didn't have email addresses after graduation to give to each other, and mine changed a dozen times that year anyway.

I think as society in general becomes more tolerant and accepting, all the microcosms will follow along, eventually. Of course, you have your ultra-liberal, progressive schools where gay has been OK for years already, and the ultra-conservative ones where it'll still be a while -- if it's ever accepted.

(Hee, they still call it the barn! Were all the windows still broken and drafty, and did the power go out because the landlord was delinquent in bill-paying? Worst. Landlord. Ever. I was in #6.)