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PENN STATE ADMINISTRATION SUMMARIZES RECENT EFFORTS TO ERADICATE INTOLERANCE
Penn State Diversity Newswire ^
| Friday, December 19, 2003
| Graham Spanier
Posted on 12/20/2003 8:20:44 PM PST by StopGlobalWhining
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To: StopGlobalWhining
This is Stalinism, plain and simple.
What the university and the minority mau-maus are doing is the abolition of private life -- which is the central them of Orwell's "1984." Under Stalinism, there are no private acts, no private words, no private opinions. So silly behavior at a Halloween party, for instance, becomes grounds for a public humiliation, a la the "show trials." People are required to publicly recant "incorrect" ideas.
Perhaps these college Republicans would fight harder if they understood what it is they're fighting.
To: drhogan
spanier has been criticized on FR threads, but i found an article in which the Penn State YAF president praised spanier for defending their (YAF's) right to free speech. i can't say i blame him (spanier) for cracking down on the guy who posted the pictures. the pres. of the PSU repubs really should resign, and stop being an embarrassment to repubs.
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posted on
12/21/2003 12:42:38 AM PST
by
drhogan
To: Madstrider
the pres. of the college repubs apparently posted photos of the costumes on the web and linked the photos to the repubs web site. at that point, he (the repub pres) made the photos a political, rather than a private, issue. he does not have the political judgement to be president of the repubs--spanier is doing all of us a favor by pushing the guy out.
if one of George Bush's guys did something like this, Bush would fire him in a second.
people who want to post pictures of themselves or others in blackface should not be leaders in the repub party. I don't care what people do in private, but this was not really private.
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posted on
12/21/2003 12:48:38 AM PST
by
drhogan
To: Willie Green
WG, you been away a long time. Instead of: Hit the books and study hard, and in your spare time hit the bars, drink some beer and dance it's more like: Hit the drink, dance hard,and in your spare time study. :)
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posted on
12/21/2003 1:00:20 AM PST
by
leadhead
To: Willie Green
I spent 5 years in Happy Valley and I'm sure it never crossed my mind that there even WAS a "student government". The only name I remember from the place (aside from my personal friends and two or three profs) is John Oswald.
To: Cathryn Crawford; CollegeRepublican
Ping
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posted on
12/21/2003 1:20:06 AM PST
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: Madstrider
A good point.
When conservatives complain about offensive programming on TV, the libs always say "If you don't like it, don't watch." Why doesn't the same rule apply here? Because
some animals are more equal than others.
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posted on
12/21/2003 6:12:04 AM PST
by
bigcat00
To: StopGlobalWhining
I would also add that the College of Education has several conservative professors (e.g., me) and many who while not conservative are very fair in their presentation and treatment of alternative views.
(I also know of at least one conservative professor of sociology.)
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posted on
12/21/2003 6:13:03 AM PST
by
zook
To: Willie Green
WG's words of wisdom: forget about the political crap until after you graduate. You're only gonna be in Happy Valley for 4 years, so make the most of it. Hit the books and study hard, and in your spare time hit the bars, drink some beer and dance. You got that right Willie. When I was in Happy Valley the USG was dominated by a bunch of self-important goofballs more interested in setting themselves up for a future in politics than anything else.
Looks like this clown who stole the bike might be preparing to run for mayor of Philadelphia...
To: zook
conservative professor of sociologyIsn't that an oxy-moron.
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posted on
12/21/2003 6:22:38 AM PST
by
reg45
To: reg45
Well, not really. The late James S. Coleman, for example, is considered one of the greatest social science thinkers of all time. And yet his research focused on a number of conservative issues: anti-busing for racial deseg., pro private schools and school choice, etc. He was also a supporter of Reagan, Bush 1, and the first Iraq war (he died in 1995).
His "Coleman Report" of 1966 broke the hearts of liberals when it found that differences in student achievement had little to do with differences in per pupil spending.
At one point in the late 1970's, some disgruntled members of the American Sociological Association attempted to have him thrown out of that organization on grounds of racism (because of his opposition to busing). He defeated them and eventually became president of the ASA. He was a great man and I'm proud to say he was my teacher!
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posted on
12/21/2003 6:29:37 AM PST
by
zook
To: zook
I saw your web site. Outstanding!
Some of the links about ZT are really fun. What are they going to do about the Time "Man of the Year - 2003". Will kids be thrown out of school for possessing a Time magazine with a photograph of men with guns on the cover!!
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posted on
12/21/2003 8:04:28 AM PST
by
reg45
To: NittanyLion
the USG was dominated by a bunch of self-important goofballs more interested in setting themselves up for a future in politics than anything else.One of life's little mysteries: why would any student, with an opportunity for a college education, waste it by trying to emulate the dimwitted steaming pantloads that we elect to Congress???
It baffles the hell outa me!
To: leadhead
WG, you been away a long time.Yeah, it's been a while.
I understand they changed the name of Calder Alley to Calder "Way".
They probably also changed the name of the Lion's Den, Shandygaff, Tom Cat, Brewery, Phyrst, etc. etc. etc.
Doesn't much matter. I imagine the pubs are still in the same places, just with different names. I could barely see where we were walking along Calder Alley anyway, so I'm CERTAIN I could still find 'em no matter what they're called. And my memory is good enough to avoid the My-Oh-My like the plague. (Actually, the strip-tease in the back bar wasn't too bad. It's just that they hit you with a whoppin cover charge and the beer was too expensive. You could always try to get around the cover charge by entering the front bar from College Ave. But the front bar was where the queers hung out, so it really wasn't much of an alternative. Nope, didn't go to the My-Oh-My much at all. You can catch cooties in there.)
To: reg45
Thanks! I love your idea about Time Magazine!
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posted on
12/21/2003 10:59:08 AM PST
by
zook
To: Willie Green
One of life's little mysteries: why would any student, with an opportunity for a college education, waste it by trying to emulate the dimwitted steaming pantloads that we elect to Congress??? In fairness, I must admit I made an effort to emulate Teddy Kennedy's drinking habits while at PSU...although I managed to stumble back home instead of driving into rivers...
To: NittanyLion
I must admit I made an effort to emulate Teddy Kennedy's drinking habits while at PSU...I'm afraid my budget was too constrained to have that much fun.
I had to work part-time and still felt like I was mooching too much whenever everybody was chipping in to buy a pizza. The Lion's Den was a godsend. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, the DJ would play oldies along with "guess the artist for a free pitcher of beer." Out of sheer necessity, my group of friends became the "experts". Sheeeesh, we even did research in Pattee memorizing lists of artists/songs outa some book on '50s Rock and Roll.
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posted on
12/21/2003 11:47:05 AM PST
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Willie Green; NittanyLion
the DJ would play oldies along with "guess the artist for a free pitcher of beer." Out of sheer necessity, my group of friends became the "experts".LOL! We got to the point where we started playing "stump the DJ": making requests for "classics" that he should have, but didn't, have in his collection.
LOL! He "hated" us! (But he liked us too since we came up with great suggestions as to what he still needed to add to his collection.) It was a good time!
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posted on
12/21/2003 12:06:27 PM PST
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: zook; fatima
I would also add that the College of Education has several conservative professors (e.g., me) and many who while not conservative are very fair in their presentation and treatment of alternative views. I stand corrected. I thought you must have been the token conservative in the College. I'm glad to hear you are not alone. I wonder if any other Big 10 schools have a conservative in their education college?
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posted on
12/21/2003 5:15:56 PM PST
by
StopGlobalWhining
(Sticks and stones may hurt my bones, but names will never hurt me)
To: fatima
Do you go there? I'll send you a Freeper mail later. Have you ever been to Abu Dhabi?
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posted on
12/21/2003 5:18:54 PM PST
by
StopGlobalWhining
(Sticks and stones may hurt my bones, but names will never hurt me)
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