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Phi Beta Kappa’s contempt for free speech
The Examiner (DC) ^
| 1 March 2005
| Editorial
Posted on 03/02/2005 4:57:58 AM PST by StayAt HomeMother
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To: StayAt HomeMother
My alma mater and one hell of a good history department. They did the right thing refusing Moore, and my next check will include my support for their decision. I'll be damned if my contributions to GMU is going to end up in the pocket of a dirt bag like Moore.
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posted on
03/02/2005 5:58:13 AM PST
by
Casloy
To: Mamzelle
PBK was founded in 1776 by Daniel Webster, among others. It is very American. I'd like to see our side have some say in how it's managed. Times change, and organizations do too.
Perhaps the prestige of PBK is due to its history and not to its present day priorities.
Putting things into perspective one should ask "Is it worth it"?
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posted on
03/02/2005 5:59:10 AM PST
by
Noachian
(We're all one judge away from tyranny.)
To: Miss Marple
They can stick their key where the moon don't shine. What a bunch of elitist *ssholes (the current national organization, not individual members).
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posted on
03/02/2005 6:01:35 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Bluto: My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. ...)
To: Vaquero
I don't think PHI THETA KAPPA (key) is the same as Phi BETA Kappa...
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posted on
03/02/2005 6:05:53 AM PST
by
RasterMaster
(Saddam's family were WMD's - He's behind bars & his sons are DEAD!)
To: RasterMaster
?????
got me? I don't pretend to know. nor care to either.
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posted on
03/02/2005 6:09:10 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Bluto: My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. ...)
To: Miss Marple
Having a Phi Beta Kappa key is a big deal (I don't have one). I have one. It's not that big of a deal.
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posted on
03/02/2005 6:26:14 AM PST
by
knuthom
To: Noachian
"And, has your life been adversely effected in some way (poor health, lack of employment, social problems, etc.) by the lack of this "key"?"
My Mom is a PBK. I can't see how it affected her at all.
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posted on
03/02/2005 6:34:33 AM PST
by
L98Fiero
To: RasterMaster
They both have keys. Phi Theta Kappa is for two year colleges.
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posted on
03/02/2005 6:35:32 AM PST
by
knuthom
To: knuthom
I was in school in the late 60's and early 70's.
at that time and in the small state schools I attended it was considered LAME to be in a frat.
I suppose this has changed.....
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posted on
03/02/2005 7:33:42 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Bluto: My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. ...)
To: knuthom
Thanks for the clear-up...I attended a 2-year college where I was inducted to PTK.
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posted on
03/02/2005 9:08:01 AM PST
by
RasterMaster
(Saddam's family were WMD's - He's behind bars & his sons are DEAD!)
To: Vaquero
Screw them, their "key" means nothing. Wanna belong to an organization with prestige, power, and honor... that would be the ones who wear the lambskin.
To: Madeleine Ward
PBK does have an elected body supervising it,
the Council. It makes final decisions on awarding new chapters. It's membership is chosen by the 270 school based chapters. Those of us with keys remain members of the chapters where we earned them. Council members also come from the 50+ PBK Associations, which are geographically based social clubs. I didn't realize there was such in my community until checking their listing and I'll probably continue to ignore it. The Chapters provide most of the Council membership. I presume any key holder can run for the council, but I also presume most such elections simply rubber stamp whatever PBK member professors at the various schools are willing to do the work required. Thus the resulting Council will tend to reflect whatever "values" are common in academia. Thus when applying
their own new chapter selection criteria, which includes "an applicant institution:... (5) takes due precautions to prevent issues of governance, athletics, religion, or politics from subverting the integrity of the institution's dedication to liberal education" they focus on the word
liberal. Any institution at which Walter E. Williams has been a department head is suspect, Their passing on Michael Moore was merely an excuse. My institution, which then featured Paul Wellstone, was beyond suspicion.
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