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The Behrend Beacon
Prices at 'affirmative action' bake
sale based on buyer's race
The Berkeley College Republicans held an "affirmative action" bake sale Wednesday on Sproul Plaza
charging customers different prices based on their race
A white person paid $1.50 for a chocolate chip cookie, a Mexican-American paid 74 cents and black
person paid a quarter. The goal, the students said, was to highlight the inherent unfairness of using race
preferences in admissions or hiring. The issue has been gaining attention on campuses nationwide as the
U.S. Supreme Court prepares to consider next month the race-conscious admissions policies at the Uni
versity of Michigan.
"It's a visual argument for how affirmative action works on an everyday basis," said Andrea Irvin, a
member of the Berkeley College Republicans. "It shows the ridiculousness of the program."
Within minutes of setting up their display on Sproul Plaza, other students began challenging that per
spective. Arguments, both heated and civil, continued for hours.
"I'm interested in your flattening out of a complicated argument," junior Patrick Conner said to stu
dents standing behind the Republican table. "I find it extremely irritating, insulting and rather naive. I
suggest you study history more."
California banned affirmative action with Proposition 209 in 1996. Since then, the University of Cali
fornia has engaged in extensive outreach and has experienced a slight overall increase in the percentage
of Hispanic and black students in the nine-campus system.
But the most highly selective campuses, such as Cal and UCLA, have seen a marked decrease.
In 1995, black students made up 6.7 percent of UC Berkeley's freshman class and Hispanics, 16.1
percent. Last year, black students accounted for 3.9 percent and Hispanics 10.9 percent.
In one exchange among students Wednesday, Kelly Coyne, of the Berkeley College Republicans. called
affirmative action a Band-Aid for a problem rooted in a broken public education system that needs
"I guess my question to you is: How are we going to address our unfair society?" responded Don
Hughes, a Berkeley resident. "If you go to a school where most of the students are black, you can be
pretty sure that school will have less money than a school that is white.
One Berkeley student, freshman Tracy Ross, protested the Republicans display with a sign that read,
"free cookies for athletes," and "free cookies for legacy students," a reference to those whose parents
attended Cal.
"If we're going to talk about one form of affirmative action, we should talk about a few other forms that
exist," she said. "
Not all students engaged in the debate, which at times involved a big knot of people clogging up
Sproul.
One onlooker, craning to see what was going on, quipped to a friend, "Oh, it's that black-white thing,"
and walked away
Buccaneers
linebacker
tapped for FSU
hoard
by Melanie Yeager
Knight Ridder Newspapers
The NFL Defensive Player of the Year
will fill the vacant spot on the Florida State
University board of trustees.
Derrick Brooks, a linebacker for the Su
per Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers
and FSU alum, was appointed to the board
Wednesday by Gov. Jeb Bush. His service
began Wednesday and continues until a date
that will be set by the Florida Legislature.
"I think that's great," said FSU President
T.K. Wetherell about the selection of the 29-
year-old FSU graduate. "Derrick brings
unique qualities to the table. He was an hon
ors student. He earned both degrees while
playing ball. ' He's such a great role model."
Brooks, who could not be reached late
Wednesday, earned his bachelor's and
master's degrees in business communica
tions from FSU in 1994 and 1999. He
started with Tampa Bay in 1995 and has
made a name for himself not just as an ath
lete, but as a community leader.
In 1996, he began the "Brooks' Bunch," a
program for children who attend Boys &
Girls Clubs in poor Tampa neighborhoods.
The bunch takes field trips to places such
as Atlanta and Washington, D.C., to visit
museums and historical landmarks. They
earn a ticket by completing research assign
ments related to the planned trip site.
"This year, the focus of the Brooks' Bunch
has been on college preparation and what
the students must do to apply to a univer
sity, submit scholarship applications and
learn life skills that they will need for uni
versity life," Brooks wrote in the governor's
board-appointment questionnaire.
"The trip will include a tour of three or four
college campuses, including Florida State
University."
Brooks takes the place of former trustee
Lee H inkle, who resigned last week and ap
plied for the job of vice president of uni
versity relations at FSU.
"Now we have somebody to keep
Thrasher in line," Wetherell joked. John
Thrasher is chairman of FSU's 13-member
governing board. "I figure if Thrasher starts
mouthing off, Derrick Brooks is my man."
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