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Students disrobe in protest
The Digital Collegian (Penn State) ^ | Tuesday, March 28, 2006 | Lisa Weismann

Posted on 03/28/2006 6:39:38 AM PST by Willie Green

As Ben Brewer expressed his disapproval of Penn State's link to sweatshops, his jockstrap was just as effective as the protest signs and rally chants.

With only a set of pom-poms tucked inside the front of his jockstrap, Brewer (junior-philosophy) demonstrated alongside 20 other students yesterday, most of them also minimally dressed.

"The theme is 'nothing to wear' -- mostly because we would really like to wear Penn State clothing, but we are not given that option by administrators," Theresa Haas (senior-biology) said as she held a well-placed rally poster over her Saran-wrapped chest. "It may seem very radical and extreme, but conditions in sweatshops are extreme, too."

The event stemmed from concern regarding the university's involvement with apparel companies that use sweatshop labor to produce trademarked Penn State gear, Haas added.

Beginning at noon yesterday, the band of protesters marched through the HUB-Robeson Center, drawing smiles and stares from lunching onlookers.

"I thought it was a little excessive," Andrew Vanloon (freshman-finance) said as he glanced over a flier handed to him by a demonstrator. "I think people would bitch more if prices [of apparel] went up."

With most participants wearing nude-colored underwear and homemade signs strategically concealing private areas, the group walked from Pollock Road to the Pattee Library mall before pausing in front of Old Main.

(Excerpt) Read more at collegian.psu.edu ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: corporatism; globalism; sweatshops; textiles; thebusheconomy
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To: ncountylee

Me too Willie ... me too.


41 posted on 03/28/2006 7:20:21 AM PST by dartuser ("In 100 years the Bible will be forgotten and eliminated." - Voltaire (1694 - 1778))
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To: Red Badger
>what kind of job prospects does a Philosophist have after graduation?






Somebody has to
make up the "Who Is John Galt?"
tee shirts and sell them . . .

42 posted on 03/28/2006 7:21:48 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: theFIRMbss

Ayn Rand, he ain't..............


43 posted on 03/28/2006 7:22:34 AM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
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To: Red Badger

US Senator ?


44 posted on 03/28/2006 7:22:58 AM PST by dartuser ("In 100 years the Bible will be forgotten and eliminated." - Voltaire (1694 - 1778))
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To: pissant
You have great allies there, Willie.

Yeah, well at least they're not waving Mexican flags and carrying posters of Hugo Chávez and Che Guevara.

45 posted on 03/28/2006 7:23:38 AM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Willie Green

True. But a communist is a communist, whether they prefer Che or Lenin or Castro makes no difference to me.


46 posted on 03/28/2006 7:26:14 AM PST by pissant
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To: dartuser

Air America talk show host..............


47 posted on 03/28/2006 7:26:23 AM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
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To: Red Badger
Just what kind of job prospects does a Philosophist have after graduation?

Teaching philosophy to philosophy majors, of course.

48 posted on 03/28/2006 7:27:32 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
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To: Fresh Wind

If a Philosophy Major gets naked in the woods, does he get poison ivy?..........


49 posted on 03/28/2006 7:28:43 AM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
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To: Willie Green

"Nothing can come of nothing"


50 posted on 03/28/2006 7:31:47 AM PST by schaketo (Not all who wander are lost)
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To: Fresh Wind

What is the sound of one brain cell thinking?...........


51 posted on 03/28/2006 7:32:48 AM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
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To: Drango
Idiot dude apparently doesn't know how to use the camera in his cell phone.

Probaby calling tech support...

52 posted on 03/28/2006 7:35:30 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: Reaganesque
Just their way of showing they're nuts. So to speak...

Not exactly exhibitionist at 45 degrees...

Hey! Acorn!

53 posted on 03/28/2006 7:37:28 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: Willie Green

"And thus I clothe my naked villany
With odd old ends stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil."


54 posted on 03/28/2006 7:37:36 AM PST by schaketo (Not all who wander are lost)
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To: Willie Green
Temperature in State College yesterday reached a balmy 45° F.

I'm sure those pom-pom's turned into little cotton balls in that temperature.

55 posted on 03/28/2006 7:39:57 AM PST by kstewskis ("I don't know what I know, but I know that it's big".....Jerry Fletcher)
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To: Red Badger

Getting a doctorate in Philosophy is a way to make sure your salary goes down. The only possible job for you is teaching philosophy, and since every philosophy instructor can turn out twenty or thirty philosophy majors a year, the job market is flooded. When people find out you have a doctorate in philosophy, they don't even want to hire you to flip burgers. It seems philosophy majors want to turn ever minor decision into some great debate. "Yes, the ketchup packets would easier to reach on the counter, but what does it say about our business aesthetic?"


56 posted on 03/28/2006 7:50:34 AM PST by Richard Kimball (I like to make everyone's day a little more surreal)
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To: Fintan

How about sticking me on the CNP list. I'm giving up on the immig/Rep lists and need a replacement. :)

Thanks


57 posted on 03/28/2006 9:27:04 AM PST by SandfleaCSC ( “Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.”)
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To: Willie Green
"Sweatshops" are a myth. Working conditions are worse in third-world countries than they are in the US, to be sure, but those workers are not slaves. They want the opportunity to work. Most of the time, these jobs are the best jobs they could ever have. It's a win-win.

Just because workers in other countries aren't at our standard of living yet does NOT mean they are abused, denigrated slaves. Leftists would have you believe anyone without a 401K, medical and dental insurance, full union pension and a $50,000 salary is a poor, downtrodden victim.

Pathetic.

58 posted on 03/28/2006 9:32:47 AM PST by TChris ("Wake up, America. This is serious." - Ben Stein)
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To: null and void

Cuz you have a dirty mind, that's why! :P


59 posted on 03/28/2006 9:36:30 AM PST by derllak
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To: derllak

Yeah. That's prolly it...


60 posted on 03/28/2006 9:37:24 AM PST by null and void (Perhaps hating America is for those for whom hating Jews just isn't enough. - Philippe Roger)
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