Harassment of Military Recruiters Sparks Lawsuit at College

CNSNews ^ | August 06, 2007 | Matt Purple

[ArmyTeach]

Shhh. Don’t tell anyone - it’s my deep, dark secret. UCSC is my alma mater, was intended at its inception to be the elite, experimental campus. They haven’t seen a brass farthing of my money in years.

[DoughtyOne]

You know, that is a good point. I appreciate the response.

[elfman2]

I got out of the Marines in 85 after picking UC Santa Cruz among 5 colleges to visit while driving away through CA. BEAUTIFUL campus and city! But after reading ads posted on kiosks for gay and lesbian room mates, I figured it was too big a culture clash to fit in, chose Santa Barbara CC then Chico State instead.

[Michael.SF.]

LOL. I won't tell!

BTW, Shouldn't the team mascot have been an indication that the school might not be all it is cracked up to be?

just asking.

;)

[ExpatCanuck]

Well, I’ve always wondered why the Dept of Defence allowed its recruiters to be harassed and expelled by schools without punishing them for violating the law.

... Because beurocratic pussies aren't limited to other government departments.

[Michael.SF.]

then Chico State instead

I visited Chico for the first time a few years ago and found it to be a very nice little town, one with a bit of a "Mayberry" feel to it ( and I mean that in a positive way, not a negative).

[DaveyB]

UC Santa Cruz chancellor dies in suicide plunge

It's tragic when a nihilistic philosophy is lived out in death! (Ironic too!)

UCSC continues to receive tax dollars while encouraging treason against those who pay their salaries and shouting down those who won them their freedom to shout.

If it were up to me, I'd close down the UCSC campus and lay off the staff - tax money is better spent on things like bridge repair and fence building rather than on creating new generations of seditious traitors.

[vigilence]

This incident as well as one at UC Davis where the Chancellor made up a job that had no work to it for a fired black woman who threatened to sue, led the Regents to force all University employees to take an online ethics course. The administrators get caught with their hands in the cookie jar and blame it on a culture of corruption pervasive to the entire University system. Spread the blame. But nothing has changed, it’s still who you know that counts the most.

[Snapping Turtle]

I believe the school will apologize, allow recruiters on campus, and still continue to deny that anything happened. They are all state employees, just following their state elected officials’ bias against our sovereign nation and our tradition of patriotism and security.

[sionnsar]

Shhh. Don’t tell anyone - it’s my deep, dark secret. UCSC is my alma mater, was intended at its inception to be the elite, experimental campus. They haven’t seen a brass farthing of my money in years.

Graduate of another UC campus, administration total suckups to the Left. Not seen a dime from me since I left, and they've finally quit asking.

[pray4liberty]

If successful, the lawsuit -- filed against Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to compel him to enforce the Solomon Amendment -- would deny UC-Santa Cruz $80 million in funds.

So, that's what's got UC-Santa Cruz backpeddling, hmm? Forget the lawsuit, just chop the funding.

[ArmyTeach]

OK, here's the skinny on the UCSC mascot. For those who don't know, the school mascot is the banana slug. Yuck. At the outset in the late 60s the student population scorned intercollegiate sports. At the same time, the lovely walk through the woods from the trailer dorms and the field house to the library and the science building was teeming with these 1 1/2 to 2 inch brown and dirty yellow slugs. They came out especially at night and you couldn't help but crunch them as you walked along the path. So I think banana slug became both a nod to our most ubiquitous wildlife as well as a slap at the popularity of school sports on other campi.