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i hate themed parties
Yeah, back in my West Texas minimum wage days, I used to work with several guys who went to Tarleton State (I worked for a tractor dealer, it was to be expected).
Still, I'm sure Tarleton has a bit of East Texas in it - that Plano redneck ruffian motif thing.
Tarleton does fulfill a vital role in Texas, namely, providing ag teachers.
i hate themed parties
The kids over at UConn Law School gave it the ol' college try.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...072uconn1.htmlAnother Celebration Of Black Culture
UConn law student party featured gold teeth, do-rags, gang signs
JANUARY 25--Seems that questionable parties were not limited this month to a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at a Texas college. Turns out students at the University of Connecticut School of Law also opted for do-rags, gang signs, gold teeth, malt liquor, and a fake machine gun during an off-campus gathering last weekend, just days after the civil rights leader's January 15 birthday. One future attorney even wore fake tiger claw tattoos on her chest, an apparent homage to the rapper Eve. As with the Texas party, photos from the Connecticut bash turned up on Facebook.com, where they were downloaded by a fellow classmate who was offended by the images. The pictures can be seen on the following pages. The party, dubbed "Bullets & Bubbly" by organizers, has been criticized by many UConn students and led university officials to schedule a schoolwide roundtable today to discuss concerns about racial insensitivity. Party attendee Michael Nichols, a graduate student who sits on UConn's board of trustees, told the Hartford Courant that while the party was not meant to be "mean-spirited," he has since learned that "many of our friends and fellow students were hurt. For this I am truly sorry." Kurt Strasser, the law school's interim dean, told the Courant, "I hope the students will come to realize that pictures that are put on the Internet are likely to be available to potential employers, clients, and parents." (7 pages)
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Also, I'd post more pics, but the Texas girls are a lot better looking (except maybe for the maybe pregnant law student swigging wine).
Well whaddaya know...
U of Delaware students love Cinco De Mayo!
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http://www.campuslaraza.org/racism.html
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/p...0356/1006/NEWS
Latinos mocked at UD party
Fraternity is asked to expel members
By SUMMER HARLOW, The News Journal
Posted Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Members of a University of Delaware honor fraternity who dressed up as Latino gardeners and gangsters and attended a South of the Border-theme party have stirred up outrage and cries of racism on the Newark campus.
Cinco de Mayo party photographs that appeared online this week have prompted the Campus Alliance de La Raza, a Latino student organization, to demand the fraternity expel participants. The apparent off-campus party was not sanctioned by the Phi Sigma Pi honor fraternity.
The university, which has a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination, also is investigating.
The photographs, which appeared on a student's Facebook Web site page, depicted students, some dressed as gardeners wearing work shirts with "Pedro" and "Jose" name tags, and a racist slur scrawled across the back. In formal apologies posted on La Raza's Web site, students said they did not believe their costumes would be offensive, nor were they acting maliciously.
Other photos pictured a trio of the students in red, white and green shirts with the word "Mexico" on the front, and " y," "Full of Tequila" and "Hott" on the backs.
"In no way were these outfits, or these pictures meant to offend anyone," said Jacqui Croteau, one of the participants, in a statement. "I did not fully understand, at the time these pictures were taken, how harmful the idea of dressing in this way could be to a community."
Lauren Boroski, a sop re, wrote, "I dressed in an offensive costume with a stupid and hurtful saying written on it, and I feel awful knowing that this costume has hurt so many people. What I did was wrong and insulting."
Other students who issued formal apologies were Justin Snow, Jason Weingarten, Nikki Jacobs and Joseph Randall. They did not return calls seeking comment.
Craig de Mariana Aleman, graduate student adviser to La Raza, said that as a Mexican-American, he had to "take a few minutes" after viewing the photos before he could advise the group on how to proceed.
"It hit pretty hard," he said. "It's throwing this message at me that Mexicans are drunk, they indulge in alcohol or are sexually promiscuous. That was equally as hurtful for me as looking at the gardeners."
La Raza and Phi Sigma Pi are conducting a forum at 8 tonight at George Read Hall to discuss the party and allegations of racism.
The "politically incorrect twist" on Cinco de Mayo, as one partygoer called it, is not the first such college student party this year with racist undertones.
In February, at the Jesuit Santa Clara University in California, photos surfaced on the Internet of a similar South of the Border-theme party where students dressed as Latino janitors, gardeners and pregnant teens.
Students, faculty and staff organized a protest march through campus that drew about 200 participants, said university spokeswoman Deepa Arora. Students, who are subject to a code of conduct even when they are off campus, also went through the school's judicial process for dressing up at the party. Arora said she could not comment on whether disciplinary action was taken.
Brian Brady, president of UD's Phi Sigma Pi chapter, said the party was not an organization-sponsored event, and that disciplinary action is being taken against the members who attended the party.
"Both local and national en ies of our organization have condemned these actions and do not take them lightly," he wrote in a statement. "We hold 'freedom from prejudice' in extremely high regard, and do not tolerate bigotry or discrimination in any form."
In a statement on the La Raza Web site, he called the actions of the students "unacceptable."
"Embracing diversity, different peoples, different ideas and different cultures are among our highest of ideals. Sadly, a number of our members apparently do no not share these ideals," he said.
On its Web site, the honor fraternity touts itself as fostering leadership qualities, promoting and advancing the welfare of humanity, and fostering nondiscriminatory, fraternal fellowship.
A statement released by the national chapter of Phi Sigma Pi, which also is investigating the incident, said the organization "does not condone discriminatory conduct or behavior. Moreover, this conduct is contrary to our mission."
Jissell Martinez, president of UD's La Raza, said that considering the controversial debate over immigration, she wasn't too surprised that such a party occurred.
"But to find out members of a coed honor fraternity were involved with it, it's disgusting," she said.
She likened the costumes to people who have painted their faces black and dressed as gangsters for other parties she has heard about.
"They're trying to impersonate what they think Latinos are," she said. "It's wrong. You don't see people within the Latino community or the black community throwing white-people parties."
but... if some "souf"-siders threw a "honky party"...well thats just good humor, right?
Damn, the first and second time around, I thought this thread was about NorCal.
For those who didn't click the link:
When will these people learn that there are privacy controls on Facebook?
This makes me laugh. What a bunch of dumbasses.
Wow. Have you ever noticed the first thing racists say when you point out their racism is, "I'm not a racist! , my best friend is black!" How come his best friend didn't make it to the party?
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