Campus Newspaper Raffles AK-47

news channel 7 ^ | February 22, 2006 | Alison Storm

[Flavius]

Alison Storm News Channel 7 Wednesday, February 22, 2006

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His goal in life? Run the White House. Andrew Davis' goal for the week? Raise money for the newspaper he edits. "I just did a large expose on parking services." It's a conservative paper on Clemson's campus, pages known as delicious, conservative brain-food. "We make no qualms about being very biased of the right wing," he says. To help pay for printing costs, 20-year-old Andrew organized a raffle for a rifle: an AK-47. "We're hoping with this event to show people the AK-47 is no more dangerous than a knife or a car," he says.

Stashed in the basement of Clemson's library among thousands of books, on page 138 is Andrew's motivation. "The Second Amendment is one of our least appreciated that we have and probably the one that is most attacked. We hope this event will raise awareness for the Second Amendment," says Andrew. Not everyone on campus is pleased with the paper's idea. Andrew says he's heard from a faculty member and a student who plan to protest.

But he has found support from campus leaders. "The reaction from the administration has not been one to shut these people down but to let students exercise these rights," says Andrew. And that's a lesson this student hopes to take all the way to the White House. Raffle tickets go on sale February 27th through March 2nd. Organizers plan to offer them on campus near the main library from 9am until 3pm for a $5 donation. For more information you can e-mail Andrew at observr@clemson.edu

[Smokin' Joe]

Didn't need to. The 720 rawscore on my GRE brought the school to me.

[Constantine XIII]

All of those are great ideas, but the AK-47 is both beautiful as well as useful.

It's the clear winner!

[VeniVidiVici]

So what socialist country do you live in? Canada?

[beaver fever]

" Ahh that explains it. Canadian?"

Just what does being Canadian explain to you?

Could it be that Canadian, Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese, German, French, Australian, and Indian students are too busy studying for future careers in science, engineering and business to bother with on campus gun shows while American students are falling behind?

America is producing a generation of under grad seat warmers and party animals who will never go on to grad school.

Except for a handful of elite Universities in the US higher education is falling behind. Look at any university in the US and the graduate students are 80% foreigners.

Where's the next Feynman coming from?

[beaver fever]

OK how about Linear Algebra. Scared the crap out of me and I'm no sissy.

[VeniVidiVici]

Ahh that explains it. Canadian?

Ah. You're good. I had him nailed via his syntax. You caught the CV though. Good job!

They just don't understand the 2d Amendment. To them it's something to be bargained away in exchange for peace and harmony.

[panaxanax]

"There is no place on a U campus for weapons automatic or otherwise."

The weapon is NOT an AUTOMATIC.

[beaver fever]

I am so proud of you!!!!

I still think the gun raffle is hillbilly agit prop and has no place at a University where serious work is a twelve hour a day job.

Same goes for frosh week. When I went to school I didn't show up for class until all that Frat Bulls**t was finished.

My Frat letters were Phi Beta FU.

[beaver fever]

Are you oral or anal? Please let me know, I hate surprises.

[panaxanax]

"They could auction off.......the Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy...." --- "How does and AK/AK copy ad to your education?"

One hell of a lot more than an Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy!

[VeniVidiVici]

Sorry. I don't kiss and tell on the first date.

I helped teach some Brit students how to shoot. It was funny how they jumped in a girlish way when the gun went off.

Are you the same way?

[Lurker]

It adds to the value of an education by familiarizing college students with both the art of the rifle and the preferred weapon of Americas enemies.

Besides I'll bet this auction raises a lot more cash than the collected works of Bertrand Russell would bring.

L

[Constantine XIII]

Got an A in Linear Algebra II, and I took it over the summer.

But I'm a physics nerd. ;)

[panaxanax]

"Why not raffle a case of Wild Turkey on Campus?..."How about a $1000 gift certificat[e] to Victoria Secret."..."That should raise academic standards."

What would raise academic standards would be an education in the Constitution and the attached Amendments, which is what the paper is trying to do. Are you sure you're on the right website? If you don't believe that we still have these rights and are willing to fight for them then you had better sign out and move along like a good little lib.

[Smokin' Joe]

I got in a fair amount of play time too, but the partying was usually outside a cave entrance or after we got back.

Most of the time, our lab lights were on long into the night. The inlays helped us get the clearance to get building and lab access 24/7, unlike most other departments. Ten of us were undergrad assistants and had keys to the building and most of the labs and classrooms (not offices or most professors' research labs, unless you were directly involved in that research). It helped us all in the long run.

It all tied in with the major (Geology), you could drink the occasional beer and knock about on the rocks, too. Moderation was the key, educate more brain cells than you kill...

I knew a guy in on a golf scholarship (4-year ticket) who managed to drink his way out in a record two semesters. Unreal.

[beaver fever]

You two are really clever.

You should work for the CIA. I hear Maxwell Smart is hiring.

You get a free badge and shoe phone and get to fight Smersch.

If you're really lucky you get to see Barbara Feldman in her underwear.

BTW re syntax, I assume that you mean English syntax. You know, the same syntax you use.

So is there a secret code that makes Canadian syntax different from 'Merican syntax. Do we put the verbs at the end of a sentence like the Germans?

I think you mean idiom but you knew that.

[beaver fever]

I have never fired a gun but if you want me to be your special friend I'm open to offers.

You seem to have a thing about masculinity do you have doubts?

I've been a man for 54 years, if you need some tips let me know.

[VeniVidiVici]

I have yet to hear you say if we were correct. Shall I encourage you by playing L'Internationale?

[panaxanax]

Hey Beaver....you do realize that everything you say on FR from this point on will be taken with a grain of salt don't you? Get outa here, you're finished!

I mm bookmarking this thread for future use to discredit you with your own words.

[RHINO369]

College is like a terrible boring job where liberals try to brainwash you. Not every thing you do while attending college needs to be educational. In fact most people here and U of Illinios try to do the exact opposite? Currently I'm slacking off doing my electrical engineering hw. Damn you analoge signals