Stop the Carleton Students' Association Motion to Cancel Shinerama Funding
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Doctor Roseann O'Reilly Runte, CUSA Executives, Brittany Smyth, Donnie Northrup, Nick Bergamini
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We, the undersigned, are calling for strict action to be taken against the Carleton University Students' Association -CUSA- following their November 25, 2008 decision to stop funding Cystic Fibrosis through Shinerama on the grounds the disease only affects white men
WHEREAS CUSA passed said motion without consulting the students they represent through an appropriate forum such as a referendum;
WHEREAS CUSA acted on blantantly false information, namely that cystic fibrosis mainly affects white men;
WHEREAS funding through Shinerama should not be cut on the basis of said false information;
WHEREAS cystic fibrosis actually affects a diverse group of men, women, and children of all ages, races, and origins;
WHEREAS Carleton University students, graduates, faculty, and staff have been disgraced and disappointed such a decision was made;
WHEREAS all councillors of CUSA, including Donnie Northrup -the person who drafted such a proposal- and Brittany Smyth -association president- need to be severely reprimanded for their conduct, including a full public apology for drafting and passing such a proposal; and
WHEREAS Carleton University students, graduates, faculty, and staff have lost confidence in proper student representation from CUSA, and ask that a more representative student government be formed.
Upon the conclusion of this petition, this will be forwarded to Nick Bergamini, one of the only councillors against the motion, CUSA executives, as well as the university President, Doctor Roseann O'Reilly Runte.
WHEREAS CUSA passed said motion without consulting the students they represent through an appropriate forum such as a referendum;
WHEREAS CUSA acted on blantantly false information, namely that cystic fibrosis mainly affects white men;
WHEREAS funding through Shinerama should not be cut on the basis of said false information;
WHEREAS cystic fibrosis actually affects a diverse group of men, women, and children of all ages, races, and origins;
WHEREAS Carleton University students, graduates, faculty, and staff have been disgraced and disappointed such a decision was made;
WHEREAS all councillors of CUSA, including Donnie Northrup -the person who drafted such a proposal- and Brittany Smyth -association president- need to be severely reprimanded for their conduct, including a full public apology for drafting and passing such a proposal; and
WHEREAS Carleton University students, graduates, faculty, and staff have lost confidence in proper student representation from CUSA, and ask that a more representative student government be formed.
Upon the conclusion of this petition, this will be forwarded to Nick Bergamini, one of the only councillors against the motion, CUSA executives, as well as the university President, Doctor Roseann O'Reilly Runte.
426 Signatures
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Daniel Dickin
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Jordyn
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Alana Sims
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Jarrett Henshaw
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Dustin Alcorn
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Casey Anderson
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- Honestly, what can I say that your own families won't be saying or thinking about you? Give your head a shake.
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Sonia
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Alex R
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- This is ridiculous.
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CARLA LONG
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- I'm a 32yr Female w/CF who has lost an identical twin sister and many many friends to Cystic Fibrosis
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Eldon Foster
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- Shame on YOU!
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mark dowdall
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- as a 36 yr old male with cf , we need shinerama in helping research for cf !!!
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Melody McCall
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Jamie Stamp
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- It makes me sad, to think that even if CF was just a white and male disease, that people would abandon the cause still. We don't choose CF, it choses us.
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Alim jiwa
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- Ridiculous. Just ridiculous.
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Allison Reid
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- I have cf and im female ..this whole thing upset me and my family greatly
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marcy
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Jessica Zolis
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Jill Scriver
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Alex Couture-Lauzon
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Kelly Aggett
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- This is horrible how dare you even think about stopping the fight for CF! Obviously you people have no idea what you are doing!
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Lee Sterling
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- GIVE YOUR HEADS A SHAKE!! You people make me sick!
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Kim Johnson
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- I am a 32 year old female living with Cystic Fibrosis. Regardless of who CF affects, it is a horrible disease and a cure desperately needs to be found.
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Justin Donelle
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Sarah Ross
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- This was disgraceful - they couldn't even get their facts staright about the disease
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Jessica Pereira
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Meghan MacDonald
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Robert Walden
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Kaitlyn M
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Kayla Stroud
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D S
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- While the CUSA exec are very friendly and helpful, they proved themselves incapable of representing students.
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Leah Morrison
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- Shinerama has helped countless people and is a proud part of Canadian universities. Carleton is wrong on every level imaginable to dismiss it in such an ignorant and distainful manner.
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amanda lafleche
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Stephanie Martel
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Catherine Benesch
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Robert McIlraith
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Robert Simpson
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Stephanie
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- I'm a Carleton alumni and I'm disgusted at the grounds for this decision
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Samantha Slater
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- Watch what you say.
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Kourtney Allen
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Robert Anderson
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- for shame, you ought to think of this as a disgrace to your University.
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carole long
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- I have a sister with CF...It doesn't just effect white men.
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tanya morris
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- how could a university be SO ill informed?!
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Onita Basu
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Joan Carpenter
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- Please continue the Shinerama Funding
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Joseph Wiggins
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Lauren Quinn
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Andrew Woolsey
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stephanie marcon
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Jason Marcon, B.A. (Hon) '05
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Arianne Bown
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