College Republicans at Texas - Press Releases January 2004

PRESS RELEASES

January 2004

January 29, 2004

COLLEGE REPUBLICANS RESPOND TO HOMICIDE BOMBINGS
WITH PERSUASIVE SHIRTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Media Contacts: Bryan Pravda, Executive Director of Public Relations (College
Republicans at Texas) 512-663-8471

Brian Bodine, Chairman (College Republicans at Texas) 512-554-4583

The College Republicans at Texas are encouraging students to wear shirts that
read, "If I were a Homicide Bomber you'd be dead right now. Do not let
terrorists deter democracy! Support America. Support Israel."

The T-shirts, which the College Republicans created and are selling on their
website, http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/cr, are in response to the on-going
terrorist
attacks around the world.

Bryan Pravda, Executive Director of Public Relations for the College
Republicans
at Texas, said, We are wearing these shirts in classrooms, on buses, and in
local coffee shops. "The aim of the message is for people to appreciate the
freedom in which they are living," Pravda continued, "in both America and
Israel."
want peace, but the war on terror is necessary so citizens do not have to
live
in fear.

Brian Bodine, Chairman of the College Republicans at Texas, asserted,
Freedom and liberty should not have to be attributed to the

Republican Party or the Democrat Party.

However, President Bush is the only leader out of the
Presidential candidates] firmly defending these inalienable rights.

Pravda stated, "A Gruesome and horrific murders targeted at the innocent in
Israel, America, Turkey, Iraq, and other allies of freedom, have called us
into action in creating these shirts. Some say that our shirts are offensive, but
I find silence in the face of terror a greater offense."

The shirts may be purchased on-line at http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/cr using
your credit card, or by mailing a check to The College Republicans at Texas;
P.O. Box 7119; Austin, TX 78713. Please note that the prices are for

delivery in the U.S. only. International shipment will cost more.

January 24, 2004

College Republicans at Texas

is having another fundraiser at the

Taco Cabana at 517 M.L.K. Blvd on

January 31, 2004

from 5PM until 9PM.

20% of the revenue generated

by the restaurant during the fundraiser

will be donated to

the College Republicans at Texas.

We hope to make this fundraiser

an even greater success than

the first one!

DIRECTIONS TO THE FUNDRAISER

January 23, 2004