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T-Shirts Create Stir Between Rival Schools

POSTED: 6:46 am PDT April 2, 2008
UPDATED: 7:00 am PDT April 2, 2008

T-shirts worn by a group of Beaverton High School students at a recent basketball game have created a stir amongst students.

Beaverton and Jesuit high schools have had a long-standing rivalry, but some students and administrators say the T-shirts highlight Jesuit stereotypes. The T-shirts read:

"Cost of recruiting… $30,000"
"Paying off the refs… $1,000"
"Driving Daddy's Beamer… $78,500"
"Not going to Jesuit… priceless"

It prompted Jesuit officials to make a complaint to Beaverton administrators. School officials called the shirt inappropriate and distracting.

Students at Beaverton said it was all in good fun.

"It's just a high school rivalry," said Daniel Koszalka, a Beaverton senior. "There's nothing that really came out of it, nothing really happened, no violence, no profanity, so they just need to get over it."

But Jesuit students said the T-shirts crossed the line.

"The student body is well aware of the stereotypes we have in Oregon and having them thrown in our face is never really fun," said Jake Gardner, a Jesuit senior. "We deal with it, but having them amplified like that is never fun."

Jesuit officials said their complaint wasn't a formal complaint. Beaverton administrators said they weren't aware of the shirt before it was printed.

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