DPS

How exciting. A student sit-in that resulted in arrests on my very own home campus for the fist time since the Vietnam war. One of three around the country. I wrote a simple letter from a simple girl to the editor that most likely will not be printed since they tend not to like me very much. Although this one is not near as mean as the previous one listing all the countries the U.S had invaded in the past 100 yrs.... quite extensive.

"President George Dennison should sign the letter of intent for DPS, and the charges against the students should be dropped. DPS ensures that workers making university apparel have a livable wage, and are able to form legitimate unions. University officials site ‘legal ramifications’ for their unwavering support of sweatshop labor.

Former Assistant Attorney General, Donald Baker, gave legal advice to ‘Workers Rights Consortium’ stating, “if the Program were carried out as recommended by us, the Program would not be likely to conflict with U.S. anti-trust laws; and hence the University Licensors do not face a significant risk of anti-trust exposure for proceeding with the program” (Baker and Miller PLLC). However, UM students are not even asking that Dennison sign on –but rather he sign a letter of intent. The letter says that if DPS were to be approved by the department of Justice that the University will then comply with it. Yet Dennison and Foley have refused to do this. Provost Royce Engstrom says that he “hoped they [students] would pursue their interests without undertaking illegal activity” (missioulian 4/20). My hope is that the university would pursue its interests in accordance with the wishes of its students, that it would support workers rights, and that Dennison would sign the letter of intent for DPS."