Sunday, March 20, 2011

Ding Dong the Witch is Dead....or At Least Withdrawn

Alexandra Wallace, the UCLA student whose video ranting about Asians in the library went viral, has announced that she has withdrawn from UCLA.  She said

"The video has led to the harassment of my family, the publishing of my personal information, death threats and being ostracized from an entire community. Accordingly, for personal safety reasons, I have chosen to no longer attend classes at UCLA. I was trying to produce a humorous YouTube video, but instead offended the UCLA community and the entire Asian culture. I am truly sorry for the hurtful words I said and the pain it caused to anyone who watched the video. Especially in the wake of the ongoing disaster in Japan, I would do anything to take back my insensitive words. I could write apology letters all day and night, but I know they wouldn't erase the video from your memory, nor would they act to reverse my inappropriate action.’’
This is sketchy. She released this statement the day that UCLA announced that they were not taking any disciplinary action against her. Most likely there was a meeting with Wallace and the UCLA board. They came up with a deal that Wallace withdraw herself from UCLA so that UCLA officials will not have to do anything to her. If UCLA chose to expel her there would be a lawsuit because what Wallace did could be considered freedom of speech and it would cause UCLA to have an even more scandalous reputation.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Shake Your Royal Moneymaker

          Kate Middleton , future bride of His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales, parents, Carole and Michael, have decided to chip in for the royal wedding. As tradition follows the bride's family foots the bill for the wedding but seeing as the groom's family owns a whole country.....not so much. The parents will be chipping in a six figure sum which would cover most people's weddings, but it doesn't make much of a dent into the royal wedding seeing as the wedding will cost $10 million. So I guess they could use the money for tip money for the waiters? 

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Shame.Shame.Shame.

Alexandra Wallace,18, a UCLA student posted a rant video that went viral over the weekend. In the video Wallace is ranting about how Asians don't have manners and how there are "hordes of Asian people" and how they bring their realtives to the apartment complex. UCLA spokesperson, Phil Hampton, said that Wallace's video is shameful and that she will be getting discipline. There's a controversy of whether Wallace should be expelled because what she did was an act of freedom of speech. All I have to say is that theres a difference between freedom of speech and hate speech.