2008 Woodie Awards
College Shorts
Zamir Ahmed, Scott Greene, and Derek Schlickeisen
Issue date: 11/30/06 Section: News
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BU GOP questions race-based awards
A new student-sponsored scholarship offered to students at Boston University (BU) is being used to protest financial aid programs that are awarded based on ethnic background. The $250 Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship is open only to students who are at least one-quarter Caucasian.
The BU College Republicans are using the scholarship to draw attention to what it calls "the worst form of bigotry confronting America today." The group believes that granting scholarships based on race is "ridiculous," as it argues that there are financially-needy white students as well who should not be denied access to awards.
Applicants for the scholarship must have at least a 3.2 grade point average and be a full-time student at BU. Applicants must also submit two essays, one describing their ethnic ancestry and one describing "what it means to you to be a Caucasian-American today."
In 2003, the College Republicans at Roger Williams University created a similar scholarship for Caucasians only. The group received complaints with the award's creation and attracted national media attention. Fifteen students applied for the scholarship, which was discontinued after the Republican Party severed ties with the student organization.
-ABCNews.com and The Daily Free Press
Use of Taser shocks UCLA students
The UCLA community is in an uproar after police repeatedly Tasered a student who failed to produce his student identification card in the library after hours. During the altercation, caught on video by a fellow student using his cell phone, police stunned Mostafa Tabatabainejad at least four times before handcuffing him and taking him into custody.
The six-minute video shows police applying the Taser gun after Tabatabainejad went limp in protest to the police questioning, forcing officers to begin dragging him from the building. Officers can be heard telling the student to "stand up" or he will be "Tased again." According to bystanders, police threatened to use Tasers on other students who demanded to see their badges and shocked Tabatabainejad after he had been handcuffed.
A new student-sponsored scholarship offered to students at Boston University (BU) is being used to protest financial aid programs that are awarded based on ethnic background. The $250 Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship is open only to students who are at least one-quarter Caucasian.
The BU College Republicans are using the scholarship to draw attention to what it calls "the worst form of bigotry confronting America today." The group believes that granting scholarships based on race is "ridiculous," as it argues that there are financially-needy white students as well who should not be denied access to awards.
Applicants for the scholarship must have at least a 3.2 grade point average and be a full-time student at BU. Applicants must also submit two essays, one describing their ethnic ancestry and one describing "what it means to you to be a Caucasian-American today."
In 2003, the College Republicans at Roger Williams University created a similar scholarship for Caucasians only. The group received complaints with the award's creation and attracted national media attention. Fifteen students applied for the scholarship, which was discontinued after the Republican Party severed ties with the student organization.
-ABCNews.com and The Daily Free Press
Use of Taser shocks UCLA students
The UCLA community is in an uproar after police repeatedly Tasered a student who failed to produce his student identification card in the library after hours. During the altercation, caught on video by a fellow student using his cell phone, police stunned Mostafa Tabatabainejad at least four times before handcuffing him and taking him into custody.
The six-minute video shows police applying the Taser gun after Tabatabainejad went limp in protest to the police questioning, forcing officers to begin dragging him from the building. Officers can be heard telling the student to "stand up" or he will be "Tased again." According to bystanders, police threatened to use Tasers on other students who demanded to see their badges and shocked Tabatabainejad after he had been handcuffed.
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