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| − | The '''Affirmative Action Bake Sale''' was an event organized by the [[Columbia College Conservative Club]] on February 5, [[2004]], mirroring [[:w:affirmative action bake sale|earlier affirmative action bake sales]] by Republican organizations at other campuses. (The first affirmative action bake sale occurred on the [[:w:UCLA|UCLA]] campus on February 3, [[2003]], according to [[Wikipedia]], and has since been repeated at many campuses.<ref>http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/6708.html</ref>)
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| − | It was a 'cute' stunt,<ref>Left-wing stunts on campus are generally less cute and more on the scary side.</ref> characteristic of chronic right-wing provocation on campus, which initiated a wave of [[:w:moral panic|moral panic]] in everyone else. The club set up a stall selling baked goods at different prices to men and women of different races. The highest prices were charged for Asian men(?) and the lowest to black women (?). This was intended to highlight different treatment of different students by the [[Office of Undergraduate Admissions]] under the university's [[affirmative action]] policy.
| + | Gussie Foshay Rothfeld; Rebecca Dunnan; Gillian Rogers; Clay Wiske; Preston Pohl; Brian Mulligan; Timothy Tzeng; (first asian) Hugh Pollack; Bunny; Zoe Barry; Wyatt Angelo; Alexander Sullivan; Alexander Howard; Lizzy Fraser; Mariah Samost; Gabrielle Sloame; Charlotte Chapman; Lindsay Talbot; Katie Forer; Molly Black; Charmaine; |
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| − | The event resulted in a confrontation between students during which a student unaffiliated with C4 reportedly shouted "You don't deserve to be here!"<ref>References needed.</ref>
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| − | The incident was one of number which were cited as the cause for the [[Columbia University Concerned Students of Color Protest|Columbia University Concerned Students of Color Protest]] of Spring 2004.
| + | Benjamin Harry Brudney; Paige Donnelley; Jeffrey Hunter Northip III; |
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Revision as of 10:06, 7 June 2007
Members at the Columbia Chapter of Saint A'S include:
Gussie Foshay Rothfeld; Rebecca Dunnan; Gillian Rogers; Clay Wiske; Preston Pohl; Brian Mulligan; Timothy Tzeng; (first asian) Hugh Pollack; Bunny; Zoe Barry; Wyatt Angelo; Alexander Sullivan; Alexander Howard; Lizzy Fraser; Mariah Samost; Gabrielle Sloame; Charlotte Chapman; Lindsay Talbot; Katie Forer; Molly Black; Charmaine;
Rejected Members include:
Benjamin Harry Brudney; Paige Donnelley; Jeffrey Hunter Northip III;
