WU ends partnership with Target | Student Life

By Perry Stein
Staff Reporter

Posted August 25, 2010 at 12:00 am

Updated August 25, 2010 at 2:39 pm

Wash. U. backed out of a partnered event with Target Corp. after the retail powerhouse received heat for a donation it made to an organization backing a Minnesota gubernatorial candidate with a history of staunch opposition to gay rights.
University administrators opted to cancel the Target After Hours Shopping Event—a nationwide program in which Target keeps various stores open after hours and provides transportation for college freshmen to shop and receive prizes. This was to be part of the First 40 Days series of events at Wash. U. for the incoming freshmen class.

WU ends partnership with Target | Student Life

Even though the interest of citizens vastly differs from the interests of corporations the US Supreme Court in January gave them and other organization (foreign and domestic) the legal right to bribe/fund political candidates.  Perhaps the boycott of Target and BestBuy will turn into corporate suicide for corporations looking to meddle with our 'by the people, for the people' republic.