The 2005 Two-Year College English Association (TYCA) Shame Award went to Jay Leno for continually making disparaging remarks about community colleges/two year colleges and community college students on NBC's Tonight Show. Specifically, the award went to Leno for his introductory monologue where he noted, "Thousands of students gathered in Sacramento to protest the proposed hike in tuition fees -- all these community college kids." He explained that "You could kind of tell they were community college students," and then ran a video clip of young protesters -- presumably community college students -- holding signs bearing slogans such as "Skool is expensive," "Let us lern," and "Don't raise tooishun."
Negative comments in such a public forum tend to spark strong reactions, such as the two-year college professor who rode her Harley across the country to have a talk with Leno. See that story and "Students, Faculty 'Are the Best PR' for Two-Year Colleges" in the recent issue of The Council Chronicle in the periodical room.
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