University of Arizona graduate student Jeffrey Koessler logged on to his CatMail, the public email server provided by U of A, only to discover an anti-conservative and discriminatory quote provided by the U of A server.

The last thing students expect to find when they log on to a publicly-provided school server system is discrimination. For Jeffrey this was something he was not prepared for.  On his home page read the quote of the day, provided by the administration in charge of the CatMail server, stating, “Two symbols of the [GOP]: an elephant, and a big fat white guy who is threatened by change.”

“I didn’t expect to ever read anything like this on a public server,” responded Koessler, “I was under the impression that public Universities were non-partisan institutions.  I found it discriminatory and racist in nature, while re-enforcing the double standard that exists regarding liberal and conservative philosophies.” Koessler continued, “Imagine the outrage had the quote been about [liberals] and included similar racist comments.”