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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-04 07:41 AM
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More wacky hijinx from College Republicans
http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/02/15/whites.only.ap/index.html

"BRISTOL, Rhode Island (AP) -- A student group at Roger Williams University is offering a new scholarship for which only white students are eligible, a move they say is designed to protest affirmative action.

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Jason Mattera, 20, who is president of the College Republicans, said the group is parodying minority scholarships.

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Mattera, who is of Puerto Rican descent, is himself a recipient of a $5,000 scholarship open only to a minority group.

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If the notion of AA so offends him, why doesn't he return his scholarship?
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JaySherman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-04 07:44 AM
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1. Dupe. nt
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-04 07:48 AM
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2. If I already didn't hate these assholes so fucking much
Then I imagine this would piss me off to no end.

And then this piece at the end caught my eye.

It's not the first brush with controversy for the group. The school temporarily froze the Republicans' money in the fall during a fight over a series of articles published in its monthly newsletter. One article alleged that a gay-rights group indoctrinates students into homosexual sex.

:puke:

It always destroys me how College Republicans use the excuse of parodying something to send through their sick, brownshirt tendencies.

They want to start white only organizations and events, they do those reverse affirmative action bake sales, they promote things only available to men, they bash gay rights.

Shit, I have a friend who is a College Fascist - I mean Republican - who is in Law school. I asked him what he wanted to focus on when he got his degree, he told me he wanted to go after the insurance companies. I told him that was a good start, but then he continuted...
"I don't think its fair that men have to pay more in car insurance then women..." and so on.
I thought... You're fucking kidding me, right? But he was serious.

I personally think he is wasting his money.
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La_Serpiente Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-04 07:52 AM
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3. OMG
"I don't think its fair that men have to pay more in car insurance then women..." and so on.
I thought... You're fucking kidding me, right? But he was serious.


That's some funny shit LOL :P
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Woman of the Phoenix Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-04 08:15 AM
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4. Is the student group also
offering a new scholarship for which only legacy students are eligible?
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PsychoDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-04 08:22 AM
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5. why doesn't he return his scholarship?
It's a question of principles. Some have them, some don't. Looks like he doesn't.

More of the "Entitlements are bad, except for mine".
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johnlal Donating Member (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-04 09:21 AM
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6. Parodying minority scholarships.
Subtlety and humor is lost on College Republicans. Perhaps they need more hours in the humanities and less in business. (More business ethics, though).
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