Some students at New Trier High School in Illinois set up a club to promote vegetarianism, prompting two juniors to set up a competing Carnivorous Club to promote meat heating (though I hope they\’re eating an omnivorous diet). According to a Chicago Sun Times story about the club, it\’s got about 70 members and is planning its first formal meeting/grilling event this weekend.

The Sun Times quoted club co-founder Mike Deheeger, 16, as explaining that the club was formed because, \”We are always hearing that meat is bad for you. This was a chance to get the other side of the story. And, so far, the response has been great.\”

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Student meat lovers take on vegetarians. Lucio Guerrero, Chicago Sun-Times, October 18, 2000.