Posted on 12/06/2007 5:50:48 PM PST by lump in the melting pot
This just showed up in all UF students' email inboxes: (makes more sense as a follow-up to this post):
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To: All UF students
From: Patricia Telles-Irvin, Vice President for Student Affairs
Subject: My e-mail last week
There has been much discussion about an e-mail I sent Nov. 26 regarding the posters advertising the movie "Obsession."
Since that time, some important dialogue has been exchanged between members of the student groups involved. But over the last week, there has been some misunderstanding on the university's position on certain points. Please allow me to clarify.
* The university supports the rights of students to freely express themselves on any issue.
* The university condemns terrorists acts and those who perpetrate them, regardless of who they are. And we clearly recognize there are people who use Islam to support violence.
* The university has no intention of taking disciplinary action against anyone involved in creating or distributing the posters. That was never a consideration.
* The university has heard allegations that the posters were removed by people who opposed their message. Efforts by the University Police Department and Student Affairs to confirm this or identify offenders were unsuccessful. Removal of posters from proper venues is prohibited by the university's policies and will not be tolerated.
The original intent of my e-mail was to foster greater understanding and communication among groups. As we all surely know, free speech is a cherished right not only in this country but also on this campus. We should always feel comfortable expressing our diverse opinions.
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Not this.
FYI - although you probably got the email too
Don’t taze me, bro!
Has anyone at UF been teaching the words to Kum Bay Ya to the islamics? Have they, the islamics, been given a little sensitivity training by Rodney “Can’t we all just get along” King.
One day Ms Patricia Telles-Irvin will choke on “diversity.”
Hyphenated last names say a lot about their owner. Rarely good.
I am a hyphenated last name owner!!!
Explanation please???
I am not hypenated.. kept my own last name, game my son my last name and my daughter my middle name.
....fake name here, his middle name is Howard.
I was sure someone would have. You’re one of the good mentioned.
From where I come from, we all have the same hyphenated last name!
My grandfather's was J.M-M!
My father's was J.M-M with a different fist name from his father, my grandfather. My daughter's name is H.M-M, etc!!
My name is P.M-M. It is not half my father's and half my mother's. It is entirely the husband's name through four generations!!!
very interesting, and a legit hyphenated name.
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