tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post3610993137030035815..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Campus Newskcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-18310929173114626712013-03-15T10:29:16.288-04:002013-03-15T10:29:16.288-04:00To Jay:
To the best of my knowledge, a grand tota...To Jay:<br /><br />To the best of my knowledge, a grand total of three faculty members (in a faculty of more than 500) publicly criticized the PoliSci department's action; dozens of professors signed petitions defending the PoliSci department. Perhaps that balance means that "powerful anti-Israel forces on campus . . . are not as powerful as the pro-Israel voices"; I'd disagree. <br /><br />As for Freeh: he used the administrators' own, contemporaneous words; and his critics' argument continues to be that we should adopt wildly counter-intuitive interpretations of these same documents. I disagree.kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-18098358006378927652013-03-13T11:44:50.702-04:002013-03-13T11:44:50.702-04:00Scary that Duke students can raise money in the mi...Scary that Duke students can raise money in the millions with a dance charity - for child cancer? How do they do it? Betcha if one of those children get harmed by Duke's medical or professional neglect - those million dollar donators will be highly upset if the kid or the kid's parents seek justice and change for others as needed? hmmmm ... Never met them myself. Who are these million dollar donators, and why should some kid care about them if Duke doesn't care about the kid(s) or the kids' parents? Just wondering?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-61209328237063589572013-03-08T20:11:04.900-05:002013-03-08T20:11:04.900-05:00I usually agree with K.C. Johnson, have read the D...I usually agree with K.C. Johnson, have read the Duke book, and used it in a semi-academic paper I wrote about fake hate crimes.<br /><br />But it puzzles me how K.C. can reconcile his exposures of the excesses of 'political correctness' with criticism of Brooklyn College's hosting of speakers from the 'boycott Israel' movement (see above blog post). <br /><br />Dishonest p.c. language was employed by <i>defenders</i> of Israel, not critics of it: <i>"the department’s sponsorship serves to condone and legitimize anti-Jewish bigotry, creating a hostile environment for Jewish students on our campus"</i>. This is just the kind of language used by the African American studies people who said the Duke three were guilty, and numerous other examples of the totalitarian campus left.<br /><br />K.C. claims there are "powerful anti-Israel forces on campus". They are not as powerful as the pro-Israel voices who produced the above-cited hyperbole!Jay Knottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-34950540572325014302013-02-27T14:45:41.642-05:002013-02-27T14:45:41.642-05:00First, KC, about the legal requirement of PSU offi...First, KC, about the legal requirement of PSU officials to report the 2001 incident. A fair reading of the law in effect in 2001 states they should "cause a report" to be made. By contacting The Second Mile, whose ED was a mandated reporter, that should have caused a report to me made.<br /><br />Second, two PSU officials have stated, one under oath, that they recalled making a report to the local child welfare agency. Mr. Freeh did not do anything in his investigation to verify this report. As you may be aware, he was prohibited from doing anything to impede the ongoing investigation of PSU officials. As such, discovery of exculpatory evidence would have been, ahem, frowned upon by the PA AG.<br /><br />You are correct to state that the Paterno report did not address the failure to report by PSU officials. That was indeed by design. The Paterno family rebuttal was strictly focused on the actions of Joe Paterno, not PSU writ large.<br /><br />As for the veracity of the Freeh investigation, I suggest you visit http://www.notpsu.blogspot.com<br /><br />BTW, you are mentioned on the last page of the full report. You statement about factual errors in the Freeh Report has been proven false twenty times over.<br /><br />Ray Bleharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557326921056183979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-5198949972953304492013-02-25T22:28:49.283-05:002013-02-25T22:28:49.283-05:00Horrifying? The Holocaust was horrifying... this p...Horrifying? The Holocaust was horrifying... this party, not horrifying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-73257952049955106302013-02-18T07:46:27.549-05:002013-02-18T07:46:27.549-05:00Tempering the atrocious actions of some at PSU is ...Tempering the atrocious actions of some at PSU is the news that the student-run charity raised $12.3 Million this weekend at the Dance Marathon. A total of more than $100 Million since my days there. All the monies go to the fight against childhood cancers. Heads held high.dfbaskwillhttp://psutafalumnigolf.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-26763911902868090642013-02-17T11:25:24.380-05:002013-02-17T11:25:24.380-05:00Duke is a Southern school run by Southern good old...Duke is a Southern school run by Southern good old boys, of course its going to look the other way when racism rears its ugly head. All the school and its faculty care about is maintaining or improving their ranking, getting fat endowments and bringing in tuition dollars. The only major difference between this school and other "elite" universities is that Duke does not fear retribution from its neighbors because it has the full support and collective denial of the community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-56129637711130723252013-02-15T19:07:31.737-05:002013-02-15T19:07:31.737-05:00Oh no! Students wore sumo suites and kimonos, dra...Oh no! Students wore sumo suites and kimonos, drank asian beers, made fun of the leader of North Korea and talked in a ridiculous accent. Oh the horror. What's next? An Octoberfest party? A toga party? A Honey Boo Boo party? Honestly, KC, you need to get on some big boy pants if that horrifies you. By your standards, Saturday Night Live should be taken off the air, our local AA baseball team should be closed down (they use sumo suites for entertainment between innings) and any non-Catholic that enjoys St. Patrick's day should be beaten. You really need someone to help you lighten up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-61174581410518306572013-02-15T13:55:57.112-05:002013-02-15T13:55:57.112-05:00I find it hard to take the Duke administration'...I find it hard to take the Duke administration's concern over anti-Asian prejudice seriously. Like many elite schools Duke appears to operate an anti-Asian quota system to keep their numbers down. The average sat and class rank needed by an Asian student is higher than that of any ethnic group. Personally I would find this more damaging than a tasteless party.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-40966724590318133332013-02-14T15:06:45.361-05:002013-02-14T15:06:45.361-05:00To state that a chant of a few students out of tho...To state that a chant of a few students out of thousands is a sign of an unhealthy campus culture is disturbingly similar to the extrapolation of "what happened" into a crusade against the angry studies faculties' favorite demons.<br /><br />Yes the students that chanted that were tasteless, but were drowned out for most listeners by the majority of the crowd that wasn't. The actions of a few people does not define a "culture."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-18529139429096612812013-02-13T19:34:35.867-05:002013-02-13T19:34:35.867-05:00No, I'm not suggesting the taunts are a sign o...No, I'm not suggesting the taunts are a sign of healthy campus culture. I thought it was fairly clear from my post that what I was debating was the contention that such taunts are somehow a sign of an unhealthy campus culture, but perhaps not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-41258323798209292662013-02-13T17:48:42.297-05:002013-02-13T17:48:42.297-05:00I wonder whether the word "horrifying" i...I wonder whether the word "horrifying" is a little bit too strong for the fraternity party in question. It is deeply disappointing to see college students behaving that stupidly. Full disclosure: I am a member of Kappa Sigma. My fraternity brothers were capable of great generosity and occasional boorishness, but I don't recall any theme parties, fortunately.Chris Halkideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14933976220776524122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-73660804926222144232013-02-13T16:02:48.228-05:002013-02-13T16:02:48.228-05:00To the 11.16:
Not sure with the meaning of the la...To the 11.16:<br /><br />Not sure with the meaning of the last sentence comment regarding "lens," since, to the best of my knowledge, I've never written about such an item--so if the blog has been using this "lens," it's done so on a highly irregular basis. (The blog has generally had warm things to say about the Duke student body.)<br /><br />Surely, however, you're not suggesting that students taunting a player over his grandmother's death suggests a healthy campus culture.kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-33478322906276075162013-02-13T14:58:33.187-05:002013-02-13T14:58:33.187-05:00The uproar over the chant was set off by a tweet f...The uproar over the chant was set off by a tweet from former NCSU basketball player, Julius Hodge, who ironically trashed talked Chris Paul about the death of his grandfather during an NCSU vs Wake Forest game years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-5506137837662721582013-02-13T11:16:02.572-05:002013-02-13T11:16:02.572-05:00I've read several accounts of the NC State gam...I've read several accounts of the NC State game, and many of the reporters attending on press row claimed they never heard it. Some others have stated they have. <br /><br />I think what probably happened here is that this was something a few students started and may or may not have been picked up by a section. This is incredibly poor taste, sure, but it's not atypical of various student taunts one will hear at just about any ACC basketball game. Everyone knows, for example, that the Maryland fans are the worst. <br /><br />Only through the lens of DIW is something like this a sign of an unhealthy campus culture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-66369669486140013072013-02-13T09:48:59.816-05:002013-02-13T09:48:59.816-05:00True power comes from the tip of the gun, not the ...True power comes from the tip of the gun, not the tip of the pen. Israel has big guns. It’s a good thing too because it’s obvious that with the funded anti-Semitism rampant throughout the world’s college campuses today a peaceful, intellectual, dialogue-based resolution to this conflict can never occur.<br /><br />Der fuhrer would be pleased to see his tactics still at work today. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-38631300467232723502013-02-12T17:58:58.310-05:002013-02-12T17:58:58.310-05:00This report on the behavior of the Duke student bo...This report on the behavior of the Duke student body at its basketball games should surprise no one. Its tradition of personal taunts and jeers is long standing. In fall 1987, North Carolina forward Scott Williams suffered the worst imaginable tragedy when he lost both his parents in a murder-suicide shooting. Several of the creative Dukies responded at the Duke-UNC game the following spring with clever shouts of "Orphan, Orphan!" as Williams was introduced. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-59250719986606743132013-02-12T09:42:16.455-05:002013-02-12T09:42:16.455-05:00To the 8.35:
I wasn't at the game, obviously....To the 8.35:<br /><br />I wasn't at the game, obviously. Yet, as this DN piece also points out (http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/duke-fans-heckle-basketball-player-dead-grandma-article-1.1259077), both a NC State student reporter (a fairly credible source) and a basketball player for the team made the claim. Both of those people, obviously, attended the game, as did the people whose tweets were referenced in the linked article--each of which claimed they attended the game.<br /><br />It's possible, I suppose, that each of these people are lying that they attended the game, but that strikes me as unlikely.kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-18094997131545116192013-02-12T08:35:46.549-05:002013-02-12T08:35:46.549-05:00KC,
You are spinning your story the same way you ...KC,<br /><br />You are spinning your story the same way you decimate others for spinning. True, there are 'reports' of Duke students making remarks about another players grandmother's passing. However, the 'reports' are untrue, as validated by statements made by those actually attending the game…reporters, students, alumni. 'Past Your Bedtime' was the cheer. Merely aledging something is not the same as something actually happening.<br />The Frat party has everyone sickened, by the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com