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Scholarship stirs debate at U. Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. -- College Republicans at Boston University sparked nationwide debate by creating a scholarship exclusively for white students last month.
The group created the scholarship as a demonstration against minority scholarships, BU College Republicans President Joe Mroszczyk said, because he and his fellow group members believe such scholarships are discriminatory.
The BU College Republicans set up the $250 scholarship to drive home their point that race should not be a contributing factor for college scholarship considerations, Mroszczyk said.
"We're not advocating for a white scholarship," Mroszczyk said. "We're trying to say that no scholarship should have a racial component."
Mroszczyk said he is not opposed to need-based scholarships, but race should never be a factor.
Why Is One Student Group Offering a Caucasian-American Scholarship ...
The College Republicans group at Boston University is offering what it calls a "Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship" that requires applicants to be at least 25 percent Caucasian. B.U.'s "Daily Free Press" newspaper says students who want the $250 award must submit two essays — one on their ancestry and the other on what being a Caucasian-American means to them. Schools, government and private organizations offer hundreds of scholarships targeted at various minority groups. The president of the College Republicans says his group is trying to make a point about the bigotry of racial preferences and affirmative action — not advocate white supremacy. He says a lot of people have been "agitated or upset" at the Caucasian scholarship idea initially — but understand the point when it's explained to them.
Football scholarship for Holmes
The 18-year-old former Myers Riders and Nepean Redskins defensive tackle, and son of former Rough Riders running back Richard Holmes, will head for the University of Tulsa on a football scholarship next month. "We've been talking to the school for a while and it was the best choice," said the 6-foot-4, 290-lb. Holmes last night. "I'm really excited. I made the decision last week. I spoke with a lot of schools and this is what I wanted." Making a choice wasn't easy for Holmes, who played two years of high school football with Merivale before switching to the city programs with Myers and Nepean. He had talks with several schools, including North Carolina State, Syracuse, Houston, Akron and Louisville. Going to Tulsa .
A Warhol show explores Germany's Master Race philosophy.
"Our starting point is not the individual, and we do not subscribe to the view that one should feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, or clothe the naked. ... Our objectives are entirely different: We must have a healthy people in order to prevail in the world." -- Josef Goebbels at a Nazi Party rally in 1938 Even before Adolf Hitler and his Nazis launched their genocidal campaign across Europe, doctors became white-coated killers and nurses served as accomplices in the murder of about 200,000 German children and adults, all in the name of creating a superior strain of humanity. How could members of the healing professions do so much harm to so many people? "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race," an exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, shows how Nazi politicians and doctors embraced a science called eugenics that held out the biological promise of improving the human race by encouraging people with desirable genetic traits to reproduce repeatedly.
Campbell graduates 677 at winter ceremonies
Campbell University held three graduation exercises on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 15 and 16. A total of 677 degrees were conferred, including 130 graduate degrees and 547 undergraduate degrees.
Fuquay-Varina businessman and entrepreneur Bob Barker delivered the commencement address at the service on Friday in which 130 students received graduate and professional degrees.
Barker, who is the chairman and CEO of the Bob Barker Company, the nations largest manufacturer and distributor of institutional products, is a true American success story. Starting his business in the back room of a barber shop, he sold Fuller Brush products door-to-door and even taught himself how to sew mattress covers when he was in the process of initiating his own detention supply business.
Family Of Slain Beach Woman Set Up Scholarship Fund
The family of Elisabeth Kelly King Reilly has set up a scholarship fund for graduates of Maury High School who plan on attending the University of Virginia. Donations to the fund can be mailed to: 1 Commercial Place Suite 1410 Norfolk, Virginia 23510 or they can be made online at www.norfolkfoundation.org. Checks should be made payable to the Norfolk Foundation and earmarked for the Reilly Scholarship Fund. "And Here's To You, Mrs. Azrael" -- When a woman is murdered in her hospital bed after surviving a drunk driving accident that she caused, the CSIs work to uncover the killer as their list of suspect grows, on CSI: NY. THEN, STAY TUNED FOR YOUR NEWSCHANNEL 3 AT 11. YOU'LL GET THE NIGHT'S BREAKING NEWS, INVESTIGATIONS AND YOUR TRIPLE DOPPLER FORECAST.
Taylors establish scholarship at NCC
Roger G. and Gaile Davenport Taylor recently established the Roger G. and Gaile Davenport Taylor Annual Scholarships at Nash Community College. The Taylors have already proven their commitment to providing educational opportunities for the citizens of the Nash/Rocky Mount area. This commitment is reflected by scholarships the Taylors have provided at three other local colleges, and the NCC Foundation is honored to be included as an advocate for the couple's belief in higher education for worthy students. Roger G. Taylor is a financial consultant specializing in retirement and estate planning and the owner of Roger G. Taylor & Associates, as well as a financial professional with AXA Advisors LLC. He has dedicated his career to helping people plan for their financial future and is a strong believer that education plays a key role in a person's success.
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