Homecoming selection process unfair this year

TO THE EDITOR:

Why two extremely qualified female black candidates for homecoming queen Mia Barnes and Eboni Blake were denied the right to campaign has never been fully explained but one cannot help but find fault in the process when one reviews their resumes and service project plans.

Donovan Livingston the black male candidate" was forced to give up his opportunity to open for ""Gym Class Heroes."" He was asked to perform by CUAB but the Homecoming Committee said it would give him unfair exposure.

Jeremy Crouthamel" however was not discouraged from wearing his cheerleading uniform and cheering or from allowing Rameses to hold his sign in the Pit. Donovan is a noted rap artist on the campus just as Jeremy is a cheerleader. Why was one prohibited from filling his normal role and the other not?

The tactics and mechanisms employed in this year's homecoming selection process were discriminatory and unjust. And we students who value and cherish our self-government above all else cannot let this situation go unnoticed or unspoken about. We cannot allow a committee of five people with a process that is clearly not transparent and criteria that are not spelled out to decide who we call King and Queen. It is 2008 we have done better than this and we should demand the same of the Homecoming Committee.



Ashley Harrington
Junior
International Studies Public Policy