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Happy Birthday MCRI (Aka Standing Up to the Administration)By amanda zaluckyj, Section News
As most girls I have a natural affinity for remembering sentimental dates. For example, last Wednesday was November 7. It was the one year anniversary the 2006 elections.
Come on, you remember. It was the day that Michigan voters decided to send Governor Granholm back to Lansing and hand the majority of the House to the Democrats. I know, it was horrible day, so why remember it? Because it was also the day that a majority of Michigan voters decided to vote and pass an amendment to the Michigan constitution that would eliminate race and gender preferences in the state. Most of us know this as the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI. I was relieved since I knew that GVSU and countless other Michigan universities were pouring money into anti-MCRI propaganda. I heard countless times the evils of an affirmative action free state. As we are all aware though, Michigan universities did not stop touting this message after the election. Unfortunately for them, some students decided to take a stand against them....
They had a birthday party.
On November 7, 2007 the GVSU College Republicans teamed up with Team America, a new conservative group on GVSU's campus, and celebrated the one year anniversary of the passage of MCRI. The idea was to let the administration, who largely overlooks the conservative voice on campus (or tries to stifle free speech at all) know that not everyone agrees that MCRI needs to be repealed. In fact, some of us are quite happy that it passed -- it is just too bad universities won't give it a chance. This was after the Student Senate wanted to host a debate about MCRI and discuss the effects year after it passed. Who did they invite? On the one side: GVSU College Republicans. On the other: NAACP lawyers. I think we all know how well that would have turned out. Even though they gave the other side a venue to express their opinion, the powers that be were going to make sure that the pro-MCRI side looked like idiots. And does it surprise anyone that they were going to use tuition dollars to pay for the NAACP lawyers to come in, but not drop a dime for the opposition? So while it may seem silly to throw a birthday party for a constitutional amendment, it isn't as silly as pitting two inexperienced college students against trained trial lawyers and acting as though it is fair. And just to top it off, Team America delivered a personal invitation to President of GVSU, Thomas Haas, inviting him to the event. You see, Haas sent out an email the day after the election expressing sorrow that MCRI had passed and promising students he would use resources to fight against it. Because, seriously, who would support such a thing? Certainly not a GVSU student! I am sure he was pleasantly surprised to see students were hosting a birthday party to the one thing he hates the most - true equality. And I'm sure he won't be too happy to receive the birthday card that event attendees signed showing their support for the amendment. The best possible situation is that I would be present when he opened that card. Now that would be an anniversary to celebrate.
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