LTE: "American Samoa Students Need NOT Apply"
August 19, 2007

Reprinted from www.manuatele.net


Dear Editor:

I just read about our Delegate's bill in Congress to provide ONE MILLION DOLLARS scholarships for Pacific island students. Wow, that's a lot of kupe!

Here's my trivia question: Which students need not apply because they're not eligible? You guessed it! Our own American Samoan students are excluded from Eni's Scholarship Program! What's wrong with this picture? I for one feel there is something terribly awry, sad and unfair when we send a Delegate to Congress over and over who seems interested only in getting scholarships and other benefits for everyone except his own constituents.

Very respectfully,

A voting constituent & parent