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UA President Asks Grads Not to Toss Tortillas (Culturally Insensitive Wacko Police)
Arizona Daily Star ^
| May 9, 2002
| Inger Sandal
Posted on 05/09/2002 6:54:15 AM PDT by codebreaker
The University of Arizona is putting a wrap on tortilla tossing at graduation.
UA president Peter Lykins is urging students not to bring the discs to fling into the air at Saturday's ceremonies because it's a waste of food and culturally insensitve to some people.
Patti Ota, the UA's vice president of executive operations and senior associate to the president, will personally try and talk students out of the tortillas at the door,using food bank boxes to play on their guilt.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: grads; tortillas; ua; wackos
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Strip search for tortillas!
To: codebreaker
Very important...is the ban for corn or flour tortillas? If it is corn, then white or yellow?
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posted on
05/09/2002 6:57:46 AM PDT
by
Deguello
To: codebreaker
Actually, it could be a lot worse:
The Detroit Red Wings' most eagerly anticipated tradition is throwing of an octopus on the ice during the playoffs. The bizarre fan ritual began back when only four NHL teams made the playoffs, and the eight legs symbolized the eight wins needed to win the Stanley Cup. Attendants are booed if they use a shovel to remove the octopus and cheered if they use their bare hands.
To: Deguello
I guess we will have to ben the mariachi bands too now.
To: codebreaker
I guess they'll have to toss refried beans instead.
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posted on
05/09/2002 6:59:16 AM PDT
by
Brett66
To: codebreaker
using food bank boxes to play on their guilt.More of the ol mental conditioning so commonly used on the students. The Tortillias are creating starvation throughout the world.
Waisting food? Hey, how about the wasted tax dollars by the school? Hello? A little hypocritical, aren't they? How many people would those tax dollars feed? Huh?
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
I'm surprised PETA hasn't shut that one down in Detroit already, but the fans would probably keep the protesters from ever returning..
To: concerned about politics
I smell a very colorful Arizona Freep opportunity here...
To: codebreaker
The new school rule. Zero tortilla tolerance.
To: concerned about politics
This is more about liberal educators and their cultural agenda than helping the needy.
The educators are 'appalled' by the culturally insensitive behaviour and are cloaking this under the guise of feed the needy to implement a social agenda.
To: codebreaker
I guess that means no chihuahua roast.
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posted on
05/09/2002 7:05:23 AM PDT
by
dighton
To: concerned about politics
I think we need to look under skirts and shorts for possible offenses!
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
"tradition is throwing of an octopus on the ice"
When the Stars moved to Dallas years ago, the tradition of the octopus followed with the new Dallas fans. PETA and the Humane Society got upset and demanded a stop to this. They said that it was cruel to the octopus. These two stupid groups thought that you could go to a pet store and buy these creatures. They did not know that they were already dead and came from a seafood market.
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05/09/2002 7:06:40 AM PDT
by
Deguello
To: codebreaker
Does this mean that throwing rice at a wedding is insensitive to the Chinese?
And, man, if throwing tortillas is insensitive, just imagine what hatemongering it must be to eat them...
To: dighton
What next, shall we change the nickname of Notre Dame?
The 'Fighting Irish' sounds awfully culturally insenstive to me!
To: codebreaker
This is more about liberal educators and their cultural agenda than helping the needy.yepper! Sure is. Hope the kids double their tossing supplies in protest.
To: codebreaker
The Frito Bandito is scheduled to make an appearance at graduation
To: Yardstick
Actaully the students saranaded Madeline Albright with a mariachi band and tortillas at the commencement a few years back..what has changed?
Other than the liberal agenda being implemented..
To: codebreaker
Maybe they could toss rocks instead.
Every country has rocks.
There, problem solved.
To: stainlessbanner
How about Speedy Gonzalez, has he been put back on TV after being banned on the Family Channels for 'cultural insensitvity?'
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