Carleton reinstates Shinerama, councillor resigns

Petition calling for president’s impeachment tabled at council meeting

December 2, 2008

The Carleton University Students’ Association has voted to reinstate support for the Shinerama campaign. CUSA sparked a storm of negative reaction from Carleton students and the media after the organization voted to withdraw support for the campaign.

Carson Jerema with More on the CUSA meeting
Also read: Carleton reverses course

The motion that saw support for the Cystic Fibrosis charity removed was premised by a controversial wheareas clause that claimed the disease only affects "white people."

Donnie Northrup, the science councillor who wrote the motion, has resigned.

A campaign to impeach the executive started last week.

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