A statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, recently the target of vandalism and criticism that it is a symbol and celebration of racism, has been removed from the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, the Associated Press reports.
What do you do when people find out your frat hosted a racist "border patrol" party, during which guests donned ponchos, sombreros, and construction gear replete with "Pablo Sanchez" name tags? Claim the event was "western-themed," as certain members of the Fiji fraternity at the University of Texas-Austin have done.
Lauren E. Pierce, president of the University of Texas Austin College Republicans, has an important message for her fellow conservatives: don't shoot President Obama! Okay? Even though it's "tempting," as she puts it.
