Posted on 04/14/2006 5:31:32 AM PDT by rhema
Heighland Heights, KY -- A college professor at Northern Kentucky University encouraged her students to vandalize a pro-life display members of the campus Right to Life group set up to oppose abortion.
Not content with urging students to trash the memorial, Dr. Sally Jacobsen participated in the vandalism and was caught on camera by reporters from the student newspaper. Members of the Northern Right to Life, the campus pro-life group, set up hundreds of crosses on a campus lawn to memorialize the babies who have died from abortion since Roe v. Wade.
After Dr. Jacobson and NKU students destroyed the display, members of the group decided put new crosses up in their place and camp out overnight on Thursday to make sure they weren't vandalized again.
The student group also told The Northerner student newspaper it plans to press charges with local police.
"We called the police and told them that we decided to press charges," Julie Broering, treasurer for the group, said. The decision came after members of the pro-life club held a day-long meeting and vote.
Campus police reports indicate several young women destroyed about 400 crosses from the display in the grass in front of the campus center on Wednesday evening.
Meanwhile, Northern Kentucky University President James Votruba has confirmed that Dr. Sally Jacobsen encouraged students in her British literature class to "exercise their free speech" by vandalizing the display.
Jacobson's class meets on Wednesday evening and reporters from The Northerner caught her and NKU student trashing the pro-life display.
"I am very disappointed that this happened," Votruba told The Northerner. "At a university, the opposing views should be able to bump up against each other. Responding with pamphlets or speeches would have allowed the power of ideas to compete."
The student newspaper indicated about 10 students joined Jacobson in vandalizing the display. Police arrived two hours after Jacobson's class period and found the crosses in trash cans across campus.
David Tobergte, an administrative sergeant with the University Police said those involved could face felony theft charges and any students could also face university sanctions regarding the incident.
Dean of Students Kent Kelso apologized for the incident and said those involved would be punished. He indicated he would press for a full police investigation.
Related web sites: Northern Kentucky University
Their brand of spiritually isn't the Christian religion. It's more new age, goddess types of spirituality. And what spirit are they catering to? It's not the HOLY Spirit, for sure.
They don't have the horns nor any cajones though.
I thought they were 8 months along from the picture.
They were afraid the crosses were serving as some kind of premonition.
Good try Dr.Jacobson but you can never destroy all the crosses. Out Out damn spot.
Hate mail! You're just a hateful conservative, picking on that poor woman because of her beliefs. Don't you hateful right-wingers have anything better to do?
There are some within occultic witchcraft who believe they earn spiritual power if they cause human sacrifice. It isn't surprising that some feminists, with occultic ties, who also believe in the tenets of witchcraft, would promote abortion.
That should encourage swift, accurate decision-making activity. :)
This femihag looks like she may have drank babies blood?? For braindead, hatefilled libs tearing up pro life crosses is a twofer.
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
From the PROUT website: "PROUT always stands for the cause of exploited people, irrespective of race, nation, religion etc., and always opposes all types of exploitation."
Really?... You oppose exploitation? You mean like exploiting your position as a teacher to make a political point unrelated to class material?
NOTHING will happen to this lady. There is no such thing as accountability on university campuses. They are effectively outside of the law.
Your tax dollars hard at work.
It is interesting to juxtapose this incident with what some professors over at OSU are doing: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1614711/posts
Investigiation and hearing, please! And then sentencing! Destroying property, public nuisance, etc.
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For more information on the courses I teach, please contact the NKU Literature and Language Department by calling (859) 572-5416, or visit their webpage at http://www.nku.edu/~litlang . You may also direct related questions to me. My contact information is: Dr. Sally Jacobsen Office: Landrum 545 Office Telephone Number: (859) 572-5506 E-mail Address: jacobsen@nku.edu
For more information on the courses I teach, please contact the NKU Literature and Language Department by calling (859) 572-5416, or visit their webpage. You may also direct related questions to me
My contact information is:
Dr. Sally Jacobsen
Office: Landrum 545
Office Telephone Number: (859) 572-5506
E-mail Address: jacobsen@nku.edu
I sure hope that Dr. Jacobsen will be losing HER job as well!
Where's the part about asking her to resign, or firing her, Mr. President?
My contact information is:
Dr. Sally Jacobsen
Office: Landrum 545
Office Telephone Number: (859) 572-5506
E-mail Address: jacobsen@nku.edu
"Women's studies"...I'm surprised she spelled it "women's" instead of "womyn's".
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