tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post7798582519433248652..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: The Absence of Self-Reflectionkcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-1693626703424251362010-02-02T04:23:23.732-05:002010-02-02T04:23:23.732-05:00. Experts have talked about this before. How many .... Experts have talked about this before. How many times have you read about the importance of ‘adding value’ for your audience? How many times have you read about ‘building trust’ with your readers/prospects? <br />Many, many times. You know it well. Every marketing guru has spoken about this topic. I’m sick of hearing it. But it STILL bears repeating. <br />www.onlineuniversalwork.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-51535017021680203562007-01-09T15:10:00.000-05:002007-01-09T15:10:00.000-05:00Fred Battaglia is a graduate of NCCU law school. ...Fred Battaglia is a graduate of NCCU law school. Got it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-43879301810291240142007-01-05T05:14:00.000-05:002007-01-05T05:14:00.000-05:00Hello, I am writing from Canada. Every university ...Hello, I am writing from Canada. Every university in Canada has a group of 88. My son nearly failed his class for expressing his like of America in his first year. In fact, one professor ridiculed him in class. He is now completing his senior year as an engineer and is much happier. And he is still pro-American. Keep up the fight, folks, these pathetic leftists are not immune from criticism. Long live Castro! Barf.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-81326947534072030852007-01-04T16:20:00.000-05:002007-01-04T16:20:00.000-05:00I consider that if the three young men are cleared...I consider that if the three young men are cleared of all wrongdoing - which appears self-evident to anyone with half a brain who has been following this story - that Duke owes them each a free four year degree course (retroactive time being included). <br /><br />Justice must not simply be done, it must be SEEN to be done.Bailliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08938067714148996447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-47403206848177797072007-01-04T03:12:00.000-05:002007-01-04T03:12:00.000-05:00The way the Duke faculty not only left their stude...The way the Duke faculty not only left their students in the rain when even outsiders recognised the fraud being perpetrated, but even piled on the unjust abuse is apparently not going unnoted. It is not just 1:21 whose daughter will choose a different institution.<br /><br />In my view it is not hard to forsee the future of Duke: who is driven away from this institution, and who will still flock there? Quite obviously, all those who see themself potentially being subjected to the same abuse will go elsewhere: white successful students. No minority student would have to worry to find himself suffering the same ordeal as the lacrosse players did.<br /><br />Duke will become a minority university. I wonder if the 88 and Durham's community leaders would mind, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-8825472550210129122007-01-04T01:14:00.000-05:002007-01-04T01:14:00.000-05:00As our institution undergoes the periodic re-accre...As our institution undergoes the periodic re-accreditation process - and its attendant self scrutiny, I wonder if Duke (as an institution) has thought through the ramifications of avoiding and even blocking such self scrutiny on their accreditation.<br />Are the accrediting committees that different so as to leave room for the total lack of introspection?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-85470638897710654552007-01-03T19:42:00.000-05:002007-01-03T19:42:00.000-05:00Oh my, what wealth of incredibly loutish, smug, pr...Oh my, what wealth of incredibly loutish, smug, pretentious, would-be IV league (yes, "IV") parents we have on this blog struggling to live, apparently vicariously, through the lives of their children to be something they (the parents) were not. The view is well typified by 1:21..dah, dah, dah...Are you permanently impaired by low self-esteem?<br /><br />If you think for a bloody femtosecond that the faculty at some other "exalted institution" are somehow immune to the same self-absorbed, self-aggrandizing, self-deception with which you are demonically inflicted, think again--if you can spare the IQ points. <br /><br />Those students lucky enough to be at Duke are better off without your petty progeny pushing and shoving them for every marginal distinction your dog-eat-dog mentality can acquire. <br /><br />Finally, we have identified a positive outcome to this fiasco!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-57785763284821013242007-01-03T18:53:00.000-05:002007-01-03T18:53:00.000-05:005:01 --
You "played football for a school even m...5:01 -- <br />You "played football for a school even more competitive than Duke"?<br /><br />When it comes to football, isn't every school more competitive than Duke?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-23607548392168997122007-01-03T17:57:00.000-05:002007-01-03T17:57:00.000-05:00Well done, Cedarford
Can you copy your post to th...Well done, Cedarford<br /><br />Can you copy your post to the new thread KC just created?<br /><br />RPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-90215494774448064232007-01-03T17:01:00.000-05:002007-01-03T17:01:00.000-05:00What's inescapable is that a bunch of jocks paid t...What's inescapable is that a bunch of jocks paid two women to do what and for what occasion? For that, alone, they should not be re-admitted to a Methodist university.<br />White male privilege is real. It's weak and cowardly to pretend that it doesn't. I speak from personal experience, a hillbilly who played football for a school even more competitive than Duke, I've benefitted from that little adventure my entire adult life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-83950953773242554752007-01-03T16:40:00.000-05:002007-01-03T16:40:00.000-05:00RP (1:21): William and Mary, early admission. Not...RP (1:21): William and Mary, early admission. Not immune from some of the nonsense that's present on a larger scale at Duke, but a place where faculty plainly cherish their students and invest themselves in them, in and out of class. There was no comparison, actually, after what we've seen of Duke. And other schools (Chapel Hill, University of Virginia, some of the Ivy League schools) simply didn't compare when it came to faculty-student interaction. (As opposed to what appears to be faculty ABUSE of students at Duke.) I think it's important that parents exercise their marketplace prerogative, in addition to the pressure alumni rightfully should bring to bear. But we hardly had to: our daughter and her Duke-material friends were disgusted by what she saw as much as we were.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-22784530292934215202007-01-03T16:28:00.000-05:002007-01-03T16:28:00.000-05:00One of the most hilarious(?) aspects of the deplor...One of the most hilarious(?) aspects of the deplorable behavior demonstrated by The Group of 88 is that there are many among them who despise religion as an illogically stubborn belief used as an opiate by the masses.<br />What they have shown is that they adhere to the advancement of their own femi-nazi-anti-white-wealth agenda with the kind of religious fervor that even Crusaders and Muslim extremists would be proud of. Facts be damned! South Park did a nice parody of this; in the future, religion is replaced by various sects of atheism, which wage war against each other for ideological supremacy. This is what happens when pseudo-intellectuals are allowed to dominate intellectual discussions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-50286030625405954332007-01-03T15:09:00.000-05:002007-01-03T15:09:00.000-05:00To Cedarford (2:17) - Fortunately, I don't think w...To Cedarford (2:17) - Fortunately, I don't think we're to the point of needing some sort of citizen's militia to keep these clowns at bay (and I know you weren't saying that), but I agree with your underlying points. Great post.<br /><br />At the risk of being simplistic, I am increasingly convinced that the Group of 88 and their fellow ideological travelers (FYI, 2:29) would put the rest of us in camps if they had the power. Look at their history - not just with the Duke lacrosse players, but countless victims of campus speech codes and the like. Imagine if these people had real power as police, prosecutors, US attorneys, judges, school board members and lawmakers in more than the isolated circumstances we see today -- their ability to demand conformance, crush dissent and exercise total control would be absolute (as would their cruelty), all in the name of promoting equality, ending race/class/gender discrimination, protecting The Children, ending obesity, or whatever.<br /><br />Having said all that, normal people in this country have a surprising amount of common sense and I believe we can stand up when it is truly needed. So to me the above is, fortunately, more of a thought exercise than anything else, but I thought it was worth mentioning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-13392879812522970702007-01-03T14:39:00.000-05:002007-01-03T14:39:00.000-05:00Wonderful post, Cedarford
Do you think Brodhead i...Wonderful post, Cedarford<br /><br />Do you think Brodhead is scared?<br /><br />I do. I think his reinstatement of Collin and Reade is his way of saying: I f'd up--bigtime.<br /><br />He gave black studies departmental status--now the time to demand its demotion. Next step is defunding all the political crap.<br /><br />Content matters. Goethe matters.<br /><br />Not boobs plotting how to get back at privileged white men.<br /><br />Found a quote:<br /><br />As a white men, we'd like to apologize for our collective guilt making minorities' lives hell:<br /><br />--Thomas Edison<br />--Anton Chekhov<br />--Johann Bach<br />--Sergey Brin<br />--Alfred Stieglitz<br /><br />We sorry.<br /><br />RPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-53667993971035517152007-01-03T14:29:00.000-05:002007-01-03T14:29:00.000-05:00Re: the op-ed on Duke's faculty.
Bullshit.
Paint...Re: the op-ed on Duke's faculty.<br /><br />Bullshit.<br /><br />Painting the whole faculty with one brush is just as unsound as painting the whole student body with one.<br /><br />The LATimes writer is using the same convenient frame of simplification that marked so much of the original coverage of this case.<br /><br />Fight the sin, KC. Not just a particular group of sinners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-23689574217420899842007-01-03T13:41:00.000-05:002007-01-03T13:41:00.000-05:001:21
If I may be so bold--where is your daughter ...1:21<br /><br />If I may be so bold--where is your daughter enrolling?<br /><br />The 88 BS in ubiquitous, and Richard Brodhead is like God...<br /><br />Everywhere.<br /><br />RPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-62996497818103171252007-01-03T13:21:00.000-05:002007-01-03T13:21:00.000-05:00Well, I am one of those prospective Duke parents. ...Well, I am one of those prospective Duke parents. My high-school-senior daughter is well within Duke's SAT and GPA range, if not above it, is a fine athlete--a team captain, and a student leader. She visited the campus and it was once on her short list. But when my wife and I--and more importantly, my daughter--witnessed what the supposedly caring Duke faculty members did to their students, there was no way Duke was going to get any of our money or our daughter, their aggressive recruiting efforts notwithstanding. I'm sure there will be other families who don't care about such things. But we did, and my daughter rightly applied to and accepted an admission offer from a school every bit Duke's equal academically (if not better), and where faculty genuinely do see their students as something more than foils or shills. What a shabby and sorry institution Duke has become.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-38212668390080802532007-01-03T13:19:00.000-05:002007-01-03T13:19:00.000-05:00Project: Think Different would like to thank you f...Project: Think Different would like to thank you for making socially conscious posts in your blog and would like you to join our Electronic Community, a socially conscious network site that includes blogs, forums, podcasts, music, film and journalism.<br /><br />The site is: http://ec.projectthinkdifferent.org<br /><br />We look forward to your contributions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-73001838378546833762007-01-03T10:33:00.000-05:002007-01-03T10:33:00.000-05:009:47
Get rid of tenure? Absolutely, but not for t...9:47<br /><br />Get rid of tenure? Absolutely, but not for the reason you cite.<br /><br />Lubiano et al should never have been hired in the first place. <br /><br />Tenure should be scrapped because it allows even talented geniuses to get lazy. It therefore promotes incompetence, making it almost impossible to fire, say, out-of-control alcoholics.<br /><br />Unfortunately--and I don't know why--academia attracts unskilled managers, from dept heads to university presidents.<br /><br />RPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-41326801980324068392007-01-03T10:02:00.000-05:002007-01-03T10:02:00.000-05:00Cedarford,
here's another gem from the same era a...Cedarford,<br /><br />here's another gem from the same era at Duke:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_Affair<br /><br />There's a link to Sokal's home page, which IIRC has more detail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-9318559619912233572007-01-03T09:47:00.000-05:002007-01-03T09:47:00.000-05:00Well, KC, my take here is that the root cause of t...Well, KC, my take here is that the root cause of this problem is tenure -- brainless professors can burrow into a niche and abandon all critical thinking skills. <br /><br />Although you're an obvious exception, KC, (and keep up the good work!) I think the American academic environment at large would be well served by the abolition of tenure. How else could Duke hope to be rid of Lubiano et al.?<br /><br />I've only had my Ph.D. two weeks, but I have been in university (twenty miles east of Duke) for the last ten years. Thank God, those ten years were at engineering schools, where even the tenured professors still know how to think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-7983019606680603652007-01-03T09:30:00.000-05:002007-01-03T09:30:00.000-05:008:43 Anon:
From Duke website:
Shadee Malaklou
st...<b>8:43 Anon</b>:<br /><br />From Duke website:<br /><br /><b>Shadee Malaklou</b><br />student<br />shadee.malaklou@duke.edu <br />+1 919 452 9292 (tel)<br /><br />Postal Address:<br />Box 98964<br />Durham, NC 27708Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-45593133818874864952007-01-03T09:08:00.000-05:002007-01-03T09:08:00.000-05:00Today's faculty grew up in the 60s. Their values ...Today's faculty grew up in the 60s. Their values are the last legacy of that mushy-headed era. Thank God it's a pendulum, and I look forward to the day when our universities are run by academics who developed their worldview during the Reagan years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-78520941463803239982007-01-03T08:43:00.000-05:002007-01-03T08:43:00.000-05:00Yeah, I saw that. Anyone have Shadee's email addre...Yeah, I saw that. Anyone have Shadee's email address, or would someone publish it in the Duke Chronicle? I'm sure it would help the "healing" process at Duke.<br /><br />Laugh F'n Out LoudAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-18083241586754153852007-01-03T08:41:00.000-05:002007-01-03T08:41:00.000-05:00Everyone should read "Roman Polanski's" letter to ...Everyone should read "Roman Polanski's" letter to Shadee Malaklou. It's hysterical. He's a character. It's poted yesterday under Professor Johnson's "Delusional" thread, at 5:21amAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com