By Anthony G. Attrino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on September 21, 2016 at 9:10 AM, updated September 21, 2016 at 10:34 AM
MAHWAH –An American-themed barbecue at Ramapo College last Friday was nearly scrapped after the students’ ‘Uncle Sam’ promotional material wasdeemed “too offensive” and militaristic, according to Campus.org.
“I was told that our advertising was too ‘military and recruitment-oriented,’ because we had the Uncle Sam saying ‘I want you…’,” Ariana Rivera, assistant residence director of Bischoff Hall said in an email to College Republicans and Democrats.
The original proposal nearly a month earlier called for a barbecue encouraging students to register to vote.
Students in the school’s Republican and Democratic organizations agreed to run tables during the Sept. 16 event and get the word out to students that they should vote in the upcoming elections, according to Campus.org.
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