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  • Carleton students petition to impeach union president over cystic fibrosis gaffe

    11/28/2008 8:55:01 PM PST · by Clive · 10 replies · 1,131+ views
    Embarrassed Carleton students are getting closer to ousting the members of their student council responsible for a cystic fibrosis gaffe that garnered national attention. Frustrated by their student council's recent decision to drop a cystic fibrosis charity as the beneficiary of its annual Shinearama fundraiser because the disease "has been recently revealed to only affect white people, and primarily men," Carleton students are attempting to clear their school's name with a petition to impeach their union president. The motion to change the frosh week charity passed the Carleton University Students' Association council almost unanimously earlier this week, but a national...