SC - SCA reference in article - OT?

[grasse at mscd.edu]

I (in my mundane Job duties) just received the October 30th 1998 issue of 
"The Chronicle of Higher Education"  on pges A15-A17 is an article titled 
"Medievalists, Romantics No Longer Take Stock of Their Changing Field" by 
Peter Monaghan.  While I have not read the entire article, I did attempt to 
follow a reference web link which proved to be outdated or invalid.  
BUT my real concern is the small side-boxed item on Page A16  "Some 3,000 
Medievalists, but No Jouster, Meet in Kalamazoo" Which refers to the SCA as 
romanticisers who "...stopped coming, says Paul E. Szarmach, the director 
of Western Michigan's institute, when they were told that jousting was out, 
but that they were welcome to learn medieval Latin and deliver papers.  
Their departure was a great relief to academic medievalists..."  I quote 
only a part of what is written.  While I realize this is not the proper 
forum for this,  I found this insulting and wondered if you of the list 
would perhaps let me know where a more proper forum would be, would forward 
it to more appropriate places,  and/or let me know what your thoughts on 
this are.

In service to the Dream
Gwen-Cat
Caerthe

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