'Shinerama‑gate'

- November 27, 2008

For 42 years, Dal students have shined shoes, washed cars and sang songs for Shinerama and raised more than $682,000 for cystic fibrosis research. (Nick Pearce Photo)

The Carleton University Student Associaton voted on Monday to cancel its annual Shinerama campaign for cystic fibrosis, claiming the disease affects mostly "white people, and primarily men" and isn't "diverse" enough for students to continue to support.

Should the Carleton University Student Association reconsider its decision?

READ: Shinerama-gate hits national news in The Charlatan, Carleton University's student newspaper.

 


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