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USC Stands Up To Protesting Lib Students
The L. A. Times ^
| April 12, 2007
| Angie Green
Posted on 04/12/2007 9:59:45 AM PDT by American Quilter
Students staged a sit-in Tuesday outside the office of USC's president, hoping the university would take measures to ensure that USC-themed apparel isn't manufactured in sweatshops.
Thirteen students, who came prepared with food to last three days and pillows, ended their protest after about six hours when the university threatened to suspend them and, in a move that even surprised former 1960s student activist Tom Hayden, called their parents.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: sweatshop; usc
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There's hope for this school! Kudos to the university administration.
To: American Quilter
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posted on
04/12/2007 10:02:32 AM PDT
by
The Blitherer
("What the devil is keeping the Yanks?")
To: American Quilter; rmlew; Clemenza
"We were prepared for arrest, but not suspension," said Ana Valderrama, a senior in philosophy. Sounds like there are holes in her education in philosophy.
To: American Quilter
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posted on
04/12/2007 10:03:15 AM PDT
by
PlanoMike
(USC '66)
To: American Quilter
Another very simple solution to a student protest would be for the President of the institution to have a little protest of his own. He could burn their transcripts.
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posted on
04/12/2007 10:04:26 AM PDT
by
E.Allen
To: PlanoMike
My nephew has been accepted by USC—we’re all very proud. My brother and his wife are both alumni as well.
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posted on
04/12/2007 10:05:09 AM PDT
by
American Quilter
(You can't negotiate with people who are dedicated to your destruction.)
To: Paleo Conservative
Sounds like there are holes in her education in philosophy.And like her ivory-tower thinking has just been exposed to reality.
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posted on
04/12/2007 10:06:13 AM PDT
by
American Quilter
(You can't negotiate with people who are dedicated to your destruction.)
To: American Quilter
Ha ha.
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posted on
04/12/2007 10:09:05 AM PDT
by
Cinnamon Girl
(OMGIIHIHOIIC ping list)
To: American Quilter
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posted on
04/12/2007 10:10:09 AM PDT
by
Nachum
To: American Quilter
Good for USC, those students are there to learn.
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posted on
04/12/2007 10:12:25 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
To: American Quilter
USC - The University of Spoiled Children! Sorry, couldn't help myself....
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posted on
04/12/2007 10:14:58 AM PDT
by
jettester
(I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
To: American Quilter
Excellent news.
“We were prepared for arrest, but not suspension,” said Ana Valderrama, a senior in philosophy.”
Smart Human Resource heads in corporate America will make sure that Valderrama and her other thugs will not become employees of their companies.
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posted on
04/12/2007 10:15:47 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(GW has more Honor and Integrity in his little finger than ALL of the losers on the "hate Bush" band)
To: E.Allen
The protesters were members of the Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation, and they are part of a nationwide effort by students lobbying universities to make sure college-themed clothing is not produced under sweatshop conditions.The could just check to make sure the tag didn't read "Made in China" or some other worker's paradise. But that wouldn't be as much fun, would it?
Kudos to USC for showing some brass ones.
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posted on
04/12/2007 10:17:09 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: American Quilter
I love how the protestors left “in tears.”
Go USC!
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posted on
04/12/2007 10:17:11 AM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: jazusamo
>>>
...those students are there to learn.<<< And they just got a 6 hour course in power politics. Hopefully they understood the lesson....but the left are slow learners.
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posted on
04/12/2007 10:17:57 AM PDT
by
HardStarboard
(The Democrats are more afraid of American Victory than Defeat!)
To: American Quilter
“A university handout said USC belongs to the Fair Labor Assn., described as a trade group dedicated to improving workplace conditions in the clothing industry.”
Idiot students.
To: jettester
USC - The University of Spoiled Children! Sorry, couldn't help myself....I thought it stood for University of Second Choice. At least that's what the UCLA and Cal people tell me.
To: American Quilter
Wow—that’s one college that I’ll consider sending my kids to. “Called their parents” —love it.
To: jettester
I know a USC graduate who is now a Midshipman at the Naval Acedemy.
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posted on
04/12/2007 10:29:28 AM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
To: Doctor Raoul
Having been born in Michigan and an alum of Univ. of Texas (Austin), it should be no wonder that I have such humorous sarcasm towards a collegiate rival...
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posted on
04/12/2007 10:37:49 AM PDT
by
jettester
(I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
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