tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post8184570592561836463..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: The Gerst Oasiskcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-8932111315643486872010-02-10T08:41:48.366-05:002010-02-10T08:41:48.366-05:00Great article you got here. It would be great to r...Great article you got here. It would be great to read more about this topic. The only thing I would like to see on that blog is a few pictures of any gadgets.<br />John Watcerson<br /><a href="http://www.jammer-store.com/" rel="nofollow">Cell phone blocker</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-76186733279043950262009-08-31T18:22:19.181-04:002009-08-31T18:22:19.181-04:00"Also, we are currently in the process of for...<i>"Also, we are currently in the process of formulating a new policy for online comments that we will make available when we launch our new Web site. So, if you have any further thoughts on this matter I would love to hear your feedback."</i><br />**********************************<br /><br />Perhaps that's progress, in its own way.<br /><br />If the Chronicle makes it mandatory that people who comment have to provide personal contact information it will cut down on the idle freaks who surface using the names of others on their way to expressing themselves behind a mask.<br /><br />And in such a way they cannot get away with on other fora.<br /><br />That said, the Chronicle shows very poor judgment by closing comment sections in order to avoid opposing views.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-73160374778271993642009-08-31T12:23:42.805-04:002009-08-31T12:23:42.805-04:00To Hounds @ 12:28,
The linked article is truly un...To Hounds @ 12:28,<br /><br />The linked article is truly unbelievable. Here's a quote from Women's Center Director Ada Gregory:<br /><br />"The higher IQ, the more manipulative they are, the more cunning they are... imagine the sex offenders we have here at Duke-cream of the crop,"<br /><br />Apparently, Ms. Gregory is dissatisfied with the low number of reported sexual assaults at Duke, so she "imagines" a cunning group of high-IQ white male sex offenders who are avoiding detection. Truly insane.Duke 1965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-43197984697545683912009-08-31T10:57:17.342-04:002009-08-31T10:57:17.342-04:00I love how the Mangum apologists and the Nifong ap...I love how the Mangum apologists and the Nifong apologists have become Duke Chronicle apologists. They have continued a general trend, though, by being wrong every time they spout off! Here is a Liestopper post documenting the censorship at the Duke Chronicle:<br /><br />"Just for fun, I wrote the following to Editor Will ay The Chronicle about the 'Rape policy mandates reporting' article:<br /><br />What is the reason that the comment section is turned off for this article?<br /><br />Thank you<br />Mike XXXXX<br /><br />His reply<br /><br />Hi Mike,<br /><br />Thanks for raising this issue.<br /><br />The comments section is something we choose to make available or<br />unavailable on a case by [sic]basis. For this particular story, we felt that allowing anonymous online comments would be conducive to the posting of inappropriate material. If you would like to comment on this story, I would strongly encourage you to write a letter to the editor and e-mail it to chronicleletters@duke.edu.<br /><br />Also, we are currently in the process of formulating a new policy for online comments that we will make available when we launch our new Web site. So, if you have any further thoughts on this matter I would love to hear your feedback.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Will"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-38931207742591485012009-08-30T12:28:12.120-04:002009-08-30T12:28:12.120-04:00Duke appears to be running numbers in the Chronicl...Duke appears to be <a href="http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2009/08/28/News/Rape-Policy.Mandates.Reporting-3758745.shtml" rel="nofollow">running numbers</a> in the Chronicle to rewrite history for incoming students unfamiliar with either the Lacrosse Hoax or the Lombard Case:<br />1`.shtml<br /><br />In particular, our attention was drawn to the fact that Duke's most famous scandal was not mentioned once in the article, but rather expunged statements by Gregory, Wasiolek, and Broderick about "cream of the crop sex offenders," "rape culture," "victim blame" and "inappropriate parties." <br /><br />Yet even this does not scratch the surface of this dismal article and the policy it describes.<br /><br />Posted by Hound No. 2<br />The Hounds of TASSers'villeThe Hounds of TASSers'villehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03390784090093170549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-86473413249638110692009-08-30T09:56:19.361-04:002009-08-30T09:56:19.361-04:00"Despite the many problems in contemporary ac..."Despite the many problems in contemporary academia, working within the system is almost always preferable to seeking solutions imposed by legislators."<br /><br />A perfect example of "contemporary academia" providing students with a "bill of rights" can be found in Dukes claim that the student handbook isn't binding on Duke.<br />North of DetroitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-69577832892805250182009-08-29T18:38:30.790-04:002009-08-29T18:38:30.790-04:00It seems that the Forbes ranking rattled you so mu...It seems that the Forbes ranking rattled you so much, Anonymous @ 8:22, that you had to post about it! Half a brain indeed! <br /><br />Yeah it's not like the #104 ranking is coming from a magazine that anyone has heard of, right? Or, that the Duke Administration would want to impress the people who actually read Forbes Magazine? And, well, you know, like, any press is good press.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-61850215151163088432009-08-29T08:11:50.053-04:002009-08-29T08:11:50.053-04:00As an interesting FYI, Zillow zestimates that the ...As an interesting FYI, Zillow <i>zestimates</i> that the preacher/professor warrior for the disenfranchised and the <i>othered</i> among us--Tim Tyson....<br /><br />.....<a href="http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/522-Dogwood-Dr-Chapel-Hill-NC-27516/50036844_zpid/" rel="nofollow">lives large</a>.<br /><br />The Duke Gang of 88 and their mascot like to live in those expensive neighborhoods.<br /><br />This area is located right beside the UNC-CH campus. Most of homes there were built in the first half of the 20th century.<br /><br />Substantial and large.<br /><br />The taxes on such a home in Chapel Hill will eat the owner alive.....<br /><br />......unless, of course, you are one of "G/d's children" who spends your days fighting against "rich white boys".....whose male ancestors used to make black people "roll around in a barrel of flour for coins and bills".<br /><br />Then, and only then, are you entitled to live large.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-76632266939452140862009-08-29T00:53:58.602-04:002009-08-29T00:53:58.602-04:00I made a special effort to check out the aforement...I made a special effort to check out the aforementioned UNC-TV "Carolina People" program tonight with Timothy "Puffy T" Tyson as guest.<br /><br />A tough job, but someone's got to do it.<br /><br />I sat through a full thirty minutes of some of the same fare we've come to expect from Tyson; however, a kind of eerie clarity survives.<br /><br />I cannot easily put into words what it was like listening to Bill Friday---(long revered by everyone, from the late Jesse Helms to the most radical of the academy)---praise Tyson, his little "race book" that's his calling card, and his entire family.<br /><br />Great effort was made to go back in time and relive the traumatic experiences that turned <i>cherubic chap Timmy</i> into <i>wailing Puffy T</i>.<br /><br />The product of a long line of Methodist ministers, I suppose Tyson learned early on from his <i>P. Diddy</i> that if you mix religion and race there will always be a chicken in the pot.<br /><br />Did Friday ask Tyson anything about his role in the Duke Lacrosse Hoax and how exactly the "race" narrative plays out when there are proven white victims like Reade, Collin, and David?<br /><br />No. Not a word.<br /><br />Did Friday challenge him on anything in his book that others have found to be exaggeration, fabrication, or falsehood?<br /><br />No. Not a word.<br /><br />Given that a fair share of respectable and honorable people treat Tyson as if he's a "significant scholar and author", it's easy to see why the general public have distorted views of such charlatans.<br /><br />Is he a savior and a racial healer who wins <a href="http://www.lpts.edu/News-Events/article.asp?intID=190" rel="nofollow">awards</a> and is <a href="http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/newsrel2006/prwuncgilmoretyson.htm" rel="nofollow"> invited to speak</a> to people who need to <i>see the light</i> ?<br /><br />Or is <a href="http://timothybtyson.com/" rel="nofollow">this</a> the man who experienced great pleasure whipping up an entire campus and the surrounding town against innocent students where he draws a salary?<br /><br />The public did learn that the little movie made from his book, "Blood Done Sign My Name" will be coming out in February 2010.<br /><br />And the public learned that Tyson's next book will be about Emmett Till.<br /><br />How exactly Tyson plans to wax moralistic about that case after his behavior and his record are so well-known, I'm sure I would not know.<br /><br />Good thing <a href="http://www.essex.ac.uk/wyvern/2005-02/people.htm" rel="nofollow">the man with the white beard</a> is a good buddy.<br /><br />Together, they will use Emmett Till like the Smithsonian will be using his original casket.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-49607774556140433822009-08-28T19:01:39.272-04:002009-08-28T19:01:39.272-04:00By the way, there is no doubt in my mind that Brod...By the way, there is no doubt in my mind that Brodhead, Steel and the G88 are the main culprits for the drop in the U.S. News and World Report and Forbes rankings. How long will the trustees put up with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-2355043346304279442009-08-28T18:59:40.661-04:002009-08-28T18:59:40.661-04:00"The Duke Chronicle had a couple of pieces de..."The Duke Chronicle had a couple of pieces dealing with the university's recent #10 ranking in the U.S. News & World Report. But the article and editorial only lasted a day on the front page of their website."<br /><br />Presumably because it is a daily paper?<br /><br />_________________________________<br /><br />No because the Chronicle always leaves important articles up for a couple of days. But not articles that bite the administration so hard in the ***. If you are saying that university rankings arent important to duke and dukies, I think I will die laughing. Forbes said "bleech!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-57112636651590479802009-08-28T16:57:10.215-04:002009-08-28T16:57:10.215-04:00Only if you have no understanding of the word &quo...Only if you have no understanding of the word "irony", yeah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-34500199006368485862009-08-28T11:20:44.374-04:002009-08-28T11:20:44.374-04:00Yale - "“Opportunistic,” yes; “unprincipled,”...<a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/28/my-absolutely-positively-final-word-about-yale-and-the-danish-cartoons/" rel="nofollow">Yale - "“Opportunistic,” yes; “unprincipled,” you betcha; and let’s not forget “pathetic.”...</a><br /><br />Has Yale passed Duke in the race to the bottom? <br /><br />On the one hand, Yale hasn't tried to throw innocent students into prison for thirty years. On the other hand, they have been actively making up the gap in other ways.<br /><br />The linked article is another great read written by Roger Kimball.<br /><br />"...John Donatich and Richard Levin are sorry collaborationists in a movement that is inimical to everything the institutions they lead represent. I suppose that, from one point of view, they should be pitied. But from the point of view of those who cherish political freedom and the free exchange of ideas, they should be replaced."<br /><br />Isn't it ironic that Richard Brodhead is a common link among Duke, Yale, and loss of academic reputation?No justice, no peacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-45625734622527685072009-08-28T09:07:44.145-04:002009-08-28T09:07:44.145-04:00"The Duke Chronicle had a couple of pieces de..."The Duke Chronicle had a couple of pieces dealing with the university's recent #10 ranking in the U.S. News & World Report. But the article and editorial only lasted a day on the front page of their website."<br /><br />Presumably because it is a daily paper?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-38629939343184382242009-08-28T08:22:21.073-04:002009-08-28T08:22:21.073-04:00If you think the 104 Forbes ranking is a problem f...If you think the 104 Forbes ranking is a problem for the University, you're smoking something. It was a ridiculous ranking they came up with, and nobody with half a brain is going to point to that with any degree of seriousness. You might as well admit that you have no idea how these things function.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-84967446223782203832009-08-28T08:22:06.897-04:002009-08-28T08:22:06.897-04:00"It is the manners and spirit of a people whi..."It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution." --Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia Query 19, 1781<br /><br />This speaks to the heart of the problem with deconstruction. Those is in race, class, and gender fluffy studies willfully desire to be degenerates. All they offer solutions is a collective canker which is worse than the individual ones Jefferson describes.No Justice, No Peacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-67954621336927574982009-08-27T20:51:10.864-04:002009-08-27T20:51:10.864-04:00Working within the system, of course, doesn’t mean...<i>Working within the system, of course, doesn’t mean that the faculty majority exercises total control, freed from all checks and balances.</i> <br /><br />Except that's an exact description of how things operate. Any self-selecting group will tend toward uniformity once one particular faction has gained a majority. This is true of country clubs, fraternities and university faculties. This is why it is against the law to sell a house constrained by restrictive covenants that the house may not be resold to "people not like us".Locomotive Breathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501722094860082283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-53976964710446709002009-08-27T15:39:51.638-04:002009-08-27T15:39:51.638-04:00I was also banned at the Chronicle, but I just rem...I was also banned at the Chronicle, but I just removed power to my server to change the IP address. If you don't have that ability then I don't know what you do. I guess they didnt like what I had to say about the schools rankings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-9374648797243339262009-08-27T13:28:56.702-04:002009-08-27T13:28:56.702-04:00I thinnk what 10:29 is saying is that there are en...I thinnk what 10:29 is saying is that there are enuf groupthinkers at the chronicle that they dont need input from the professors and administration. Also the ranking at 10 isnt the problem. the steady decline and the 104 ranking from forbes is the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-62747998177778076032009-08-27T12:45:48.032-04:002009-08-27T12:45:48.032-04:00Thanks Debrah for the link on Bill Chafe.
You are...Thanks Debrah for the link on Bill Chafe.<br /><br />You are right given the subject matter there is no telling who will surface.<br /><br />We know that "Puffy T" Tyson was a big John Edwards supporter, but where is he now when John needs him? LISPanaceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02950768996271184024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-12721266503740065222009-08-27T09:13:45.467-04:002009-08-27T09:13:45.467-04:00I knew Bill Chafe would surface somehow given the ...I knew <a href="http://www.heraldsun.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Ted+Kennedy-+He+nurtured+faith+in+our+common+ideals%20&id=3267703-Ted+Kennedy-+He+nurtured+faith+in+our+common+ideals&instance=main_article" rel="nofollow">Bill Chafe</a> would surface somehow given the subject matter.<br /><br />And, of course, there's nothing wrong with eulogizing someone in an op-ed.<br /><br />However, it's one more example how Chafe is living a reality that has long past.<br /><br />His not-so-secret yearning for his own heyday informed his horrific decision to use the Emmett Till murder as a backdrop to describe the Lacrosse Hoax.<br /><br />But what really illuminated how out-of-the-loop he is....along with his colleague "Puffy T" Tyson, he was a big John Edwards supporter during the election cycle.<br /><br />Comical.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-63091578120501227962009-08-27T09:04:31.062-04:002009-08-27T09:04:31.062-04:00To anon. at 8:47 AM,
The commment function for th...To anon. at 8:47 AM,<br /><br />The commment function for the students' Lombard letter got disabled and the comments no longer appear. However, there was a good deal of obscene language in some of the comments. I am scratching my head wondering who would do a thing like that.<br /><br />ChrisChris Halkideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14933976220776524122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-53354367395484421632009-08-26T22:29:22.917-04:002009-08-26T22:29:22.917-04:00Concerning the Chronicle, you do realize that it&#...Concerning the Chronicle, you do realize that it's not run by the University, right? It's run completely by the students. <br /><br />The idea that the Duke admin would try to censor/affect articles or letters on any of this stuff because they're now "ONLY" ranked #10 in the country is pure comedy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-86048806153477492492009-08-26T17:39:55.004-04:002009-08-26T17:39:55.004-04:00KC said...
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One theme of this blog has been the...KC said...<br />...<br />One theme of this blog has been the importance of the parental role in higher education, especially at elite universities.<br />...<br />::<br />I find it helpful to remind young family members that nobody in the academe gets tenure or a reputation with the fourth estate by approving of someone else's examination of past events or praising the decisions of past leaders as wise.<br /><br />Caveat Emptor!<br />::<br />GPGary Packwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05177986821224068759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-52468647601136067062009-08-26T14:32:57.076-04:002009-08-26T14:32:57.076-04:00Speaking of false prosecution...this video test is...Speaking of false prosecution...this video test is interesting and brief.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/kkq8dk" rel="nofollow">How law enforcement can manipulate a breath test...</a>No justice, no peacenoreply@blogger.com