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Duke prof. quits committees in protest
Yahoo News ^ | 1/12/07

Posted on 01/12/2007 12:40:56 PM PST by mreerm

DURHAM, N.C. - A Duke University professor resigned from her committee assignments, saying she was upset by the administration's decision to invite two lacrosse players accused of sexual assault back to campus.

"The decision by the university to readmit the students, especially just before a critical judicial decision on the case, is a clear use of corporate power, and a breach, I think, of ethical citizenship," Karla Holloway, an English professor and former dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, wrote to Duke's black faculty caucus.

"Despite our judgments about the prosecutor's own lack of principled conduct, it is not ours to become the judge or subvert the process," she wrote....

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: academia; dukelacrosse; dukelax
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Why was my original posting removed when I posted it a few minutes ago?

My comments then were "if the professor doesn't claim to be judge, then why did she endorse the lacrosse students removal in the first place" and "so much for presumption of innocence till proven guilty".

1 posted on 01/12/2007 12:40:57 PM PST by mreerm
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Note to Prof: "Don't let the door hit you..."


2 posted on 01/12/2007 12:42:13 PM PST by Triggerhippie (Always use a silencer in a crowd. Loud noises offend people.)
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DURHAM, N.C. - A Duke University professor resigned from her committee assignments, saying she was upset by the administration's decision to invite two lacrosse players accused of sexual assault back to campus.

Good riddance. Now if all the other professors who signed on to that ad would resign, Duke would be in great shape.

3 posted on 01/12/2007 12:43:00 PM PST by Always Right
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To: mreerm

Per FoxNews this morning, the accuser has, yet again, changed her story.





4 posted on 01/12/2007 12:43:57 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: mreerm
"Karla Holloway Sharpton"
5 posted on 01/12/2007 12:44:12 PM PST by haywoodwebb (Don't worry about obama being vice president. Hillary would never have a n-word on her ticket!)
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My comments then were "if the professor doesn't claim to be judge, then why did she endorse the lacrosse students removal in the first place" and "so much for presumption of innocence till proven guilty".

Professor Hollaway is black and female. The accused are white and male. Any questions?

6 posted on 01/12/2007 12:46:07 PM PST by Kenton (All vices in moderation. I don't want to overdo any but I don't want to skip any either.)
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FOX reporting that Nifong met with Precious yesterday for several hours.....


7 posted on 01/12/2007 12:46:44 PM PST by Jrabbit
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resigned from her committee assignments
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Does that mean she has left the building completely?


8 posted on 01/12/2007 12:46:50 PM PST by leadpenny
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In case anyone wondered how this "professor" could have already "judged" the white boys guilty..

Semper Fi

9 posted on 01/12/2007 12:47:12 PM PST by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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Just one more person who feels it her duty to prove that my user name tells the truth.


10 posted on 01/12/2007 12:48:12 PM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (liberalism = brain cell deficiency)
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You know, for all the angry black women out there who are ready to jump all over white folk when one of their own cries rape its amazing.

I've never been with one black woman who didn't want to be with me.. of course to these nuts I'm sure somehow, even though it was all consentual, somehow I was raping em anyway.


11 posted on 01/12/2007 12:49:36 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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No, leadpenny, resigning from only committee assignments doesn't mean she left the building completely. And everyone that thinks about it, realizes how shallow both her original agreement to the ousting of the students AND her current "for show only" protest are. If she were really serious, she'd resign from the university.


12 posted on 01/12/2007 12:51:43 PM PST by mreerm
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To: Triggerhippie

Scary when you think that these are the people teaching our kids. Run away, witch, we don't need the likes of you poisoning their minds anyway!


13 posted on 01/12/2007 12:51:50 PM PST by derllak
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"......Karla Holloway, an English professor and former dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, wrote to Duke's black faculty caucus."

Is there a Duke white faculty caucus?


14 posted on 01/12/2007 12:54:13 PM PST by penelopesire
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Despite our judgments about the prosecutor's own lack of principled conduct, it is not ours to become the judge or subvert the process," she wrote

Hmmmmmm. It appears that the professor believes our process is "guilty until proven innocent."

15 posted on 01/12/2007 12:54:48 PM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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My thoughts xacly. thx.


16 posted on 01/12/2007 12:55:35 PM PST by leadpenny
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She was probably looking for an excuse to get out of some lousy committee assignments that probably were useless and a waste of time. And voila! Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
17 posted on 01/12/2007 12:56:01 PM PST by b4its2late (Liberalism is a hollow log and a mental disorder.)
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Exactly. Quite a way to protest, eh?

"I'll show YOU!! I'm dumping ALL of my extracurricular workload assignments in this cushy job.......so THERE!!!!"


18 posted on 01/12/2007 12:57:11 PM PST by RightOnline
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She didn't quit her job, just her "Campus Culture Committee" assignment. And the MSM is reporting it like it is a big deal.

Review of her record indicates that she threatens to quit something or other every six months or so.
19 posted on 01/12/2007 12:59:15 PM PST by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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I find that a consistent telling behavior identifying liberals is that they put more stock in image rather than substance. They care more about how something looks than how it works.


20 posted on 01/12/2007 12:59:40 PM PST by mreerm
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