College Republicans bake Sale

[Women's Action Commission]

Below is a forwarded message from The American Indian Student Commission 
director.  There is information regarding the return of the college 
republican's affirmative action bake sale, which is happening tomorrow, 
April 27th on the HUb lawn.  There are also many student groups setting 
up booths to counter the CR's methods of expressing their opinions.  If 
you would like to be involved, or set up a WAC booth with information on 
affirmative action, please let me know by emailing 
asuwomn at u.washington.edu, or coming to the meeting today at 5pm in HUB 201.
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The UW-College Republicans are again having a bake sale, this Wed on the 
HUB lawn.  For those of you who are new or don't remember this "bake 
sale" is supposedly a tool for "debate" on affirmative action.  The idea 
is that cookie prices are based on race which is linked to how easy it 
is for that race to get into college.  Guess where Natives where, last 
at .25C


The idea of debate is quite funny, since if you remember last year this 
stimulated no debate or even provided a forum for one.

I take that back Anglo-Americans from the Young Democrats had a debate 
with Anglo-Americans from the Colege Republicans.  No group from the ECC 
or ASUW Commissions were invited to my knowledge.

This bake sale is about $$ for the UW-CR's they need press to get 
donations.  Last year a, justifiably, angry crowd gave them that press 
so that people could get riled up about the liberal agenda shutting down 
the "political minority".

This year lets give them debate.  The Commission is asking you for 
personal stories about how affirmative action has helped you and your 
families prior to I-200, and how programs like the EOP, ECC, OMA, IC and 
others help you today.  We are asking you to imagine what it would be 
like if these programs were taken away or had never existed.

These stories will be used to give a face to statistics and facts.  We 
will use these stories, without the names, if you send them to us at 
asuwaisc at u.washington.edu .

THIS IS FOR REAL, IF WE DO NOT FIGHT FOR THESE PROGRAMS WE MAY LOSE 
THEM. I ask all you, graduates, undergraduates, med students, law 
students, faculty, and staff to consider this and send us your stories.



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Jim La Roche 
        Director, American Indian Student Commission, ASUW 
E-mail:   asuwaisc at u.washington.edu                           Phone: 
206.685.4147                                                       Fax: 
      206.685.4310 
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