Students against sweatshop apparel

Jason Sandford April 18, 2008

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

More and more students around the country have been protesting policies they say allows clothing and apparel made in sweatshops around the world to be sold on campuses.

Earlier this month, Appalachian State University students protested with a rally and a sit-in. There was recently a protest at the University of Montana.

The movement seems to be spreading. Maybe that’s just an impression from what I’ve seen. But this paragraph from the story about the Montana protest is worth noting:

Similar actions recently took place at Appalachian State and Penn State. The Penn State sit-in resulted in 31 arrests, while at Appalachian State there were six. The last time this sort of event happened at UM was during the Vietnam War, said Rita Munzenrider, director of University Relations. “If you’re keyed in you would know this is happening around the country,” Pritchard said.

So when are UNC Asheville students going to take notice? How about Western Carolina University students?

Jason Sandford

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6 Comments

Clocky April 21, 2008

Ash, did you incite somebody?

If the definition given by P. is accurate, then incite simply means to urge people on, or to move people to action.

Is that the case?

I think journalists SHOULD urge people to do the right thing.

Otherwise, all this is just entertainment for the idle.

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Paloma April 21, 2008

How geeky is this?! LOL

I disagree but, then again, you wrote it, so you probably know what you meant…doesn’t read that way to me because you’ll never know when they "take notice" (a private activity) unless they do something (a public one).

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Ash April 20, 2008

Palomba, asking when others will take notice of what’s going on is hardly "inciting" them. To wit:

in·cite (n-st)
tr.v. in·cit·ed, in·cit·ing, in·cites
To provoke and urge on: troublemakers who incite riots; inciting workers to strike

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Palomba April 20, 2008

"So when are UNC Asheville students going to take notice? How about Western Carolina University students?"

Blatantly suggesting that these students follow suit..as in…
incite

Main Entry: in·cite
Pronunciation: \in-ˈsīt\
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): in·cit·ed; in·cit·ing
Etymology: Middle French inciter, from Latin incitare, from in- + citare to put in motion — more at cite
Date: 15th century
: to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on

I rest my case.

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Ash April 19, 2008

Paloma, what? "inciting" the news how? by telling people what’s going on? that’s my only "take" on this…

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Paloma April 19, 2008

You’re inciting the news. Even though I’m all against sweatshops and all for sit-ins, … your take on this is terrible…

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