Panel on affirmative action in Omaha
Scott Stewart
Issue date: 5/2/08 Section: News
The panel raised issues surrounding affirmative action nearly two months after affirmative action opponent Ward Connerly spoke on UNO's campus, which saw protestors swarm for an opportunity to challenge Connerly.
Connerly is the main advocate of a petition effort that calls on Nebraska to not "discriminate against or grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operations of public education, public employment, or public contracting."
The panel discussion was sponsored by student government's Women's Resource Center, the Latino Political Action and Awareness Committee, Inter-Tribal Student Council and the UNO African American Organization.
LPAAC is a new student organization created in January 2008 to promote awareness and action in Latino and non-Latino issues in the local community as well as the state and pan-America communities, according to the group's Facebook.com profile.
Sports Editor Jason Sibson contributed to this report.
Connerly is the main advocate of a petition effort that calls on Nebraska to not "discriminate against or grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operations of public education, public employment, or public contracting."
The panel discussion was sponsored by student government's Women's Resource Center, the Latino Political Action and Awareness Committee, Inter-Tribal Student Council and the UNO African American Organization.
LPAAC is a new student organization created in January 2008 to promote awareness and action in Latino and non-Latino issues in the local community as well as the state and pan-America communities, according to the group's Facebook.com profile.
Sports Editor Jason Sibson contributed to this report.
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