Carleton students reinstate fundraising for cystic fibrosis

[stephanie]

I read about this last week...I couldn't believe it was true, but it was.
Brendan Kennedy, Canwest News Service
Published: Monday, December 01, 2008



Canwest News ServiceCarleton University
OTTAWA -- Carleton University students will continue to raise money for cystic fibrosis research after student councillors held an emergency meeting Monday night and reversed a controversial motion that passed last week.

The Carleton University Students' Association voted almost unanimously last week to drop a cystic fibrosis charity as the beneficiary of its annual Shinerama fundraiser, supporting a motion that argued the disease was not "inclusive" enough.
The motion wrongly alleged that cystic fibrosis was "recently revealed to only affect white people, and primarily men."

Public outcry against the decision, both on campus and around the country, pressured the student association to reconsider its previous decision and convene an emergency meeting.


read the rest.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1018724

[LiberalNation]

Stupid student association. Our's suck too.

[Said1]

I actually go to that university. this is the e-mail I recieved on the topic.



Dear Members of the Carleton Community,



I am writing to share with you my personal regret that the student association adopted a motion to discontinue support for the Shinerama program. This is a program to which Carleton students have contributed nearly a million dollars over the years. It has been very successful and I myself enjoyed volunteering with the students at the South Keys Mall this fall. It is, however, the students’ right to donate their time and funds to the charity of their choice. We have wonderful volunteers on campus and I am sure that they will continue their efforts to contribute to society and to those in need.



The motion which was approved by the student association contained language which was not appropriate and which has raised considerable concern. I know that Carleton students are fine young scholars who wish to be responsible and considerate. I am sure that they did not intend to offend by the preamble to their motion, but I am also sure that they now understand the effects of that language. I understand that they will be revisiting this issue and that the president of the student association will be putting forward a motion to reconsider the matter. I am convinced that our students will do the right thing and take the appropriate course of action.



I thank you for your messages, your patience and understanding, as well as your concern. I also wish everyone an excellent final week of the semester.





Sincerely yours,

Roseann O’Reilly Runte

President

My response "huh, wha?' :laugh2: