Posted on 07/17/2007 2:34:08 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Three fired? This is racism.
Where were the local police? When a person is found dead under these circumstances didn’t the police investigate? While I feel the administrators got what they deserved in covering things up, I fail to understand how they could stop law enforcement from investigating.
The left whines about Enron, Tyco, WorldCom, etc. This is much more serious than Ken Lay's financial misdeeds.
Related FR thread from June 20:
“Eastern Michigan University Stays Quiet About Student’s Rape and Murder for Weeks”
Link to: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1853388/posts
“My truth is that I am a lying American.”
letter of discipline in the file of university attorney Kenneth McKanders
A letter of discipline?????? this buzztard ought to be fired and charged!
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The Clery Act and University Counsel Ken McKanders
The Clery Act, passed by Congress in 1990, mandates accurate disclosure of data pertaining to crimes on university campuses, and requires timely warnings be provided to the public of any on-going threats to the public safety. The law was passed in reaction to the murder and rape of a student, Jeanne Clery, in her dorm room at Lehigh University, in 1986. Her parents have championed the cause of student safety on American campuses, and they and the law named for their daughter have done a lot of good. All higher ed institutions that get federal funds must comply with the Act.
EMU hired Kenneth A. McKanders as University Counsel in November 1987, and he has held that job ever since nearly 20 years, out lasting 4 or 5 university presidents. He is perhaps the longest serving top level administrator on campus. He is one of the most powerful officials on campus, though he is rarely in the public eye.
But is he effective?
The duties of a University Counsel include ensuring that the University complies with all state and federal laws and regulations pertaining to higher education. Mr.
McKanders had already been EMUs University Counsel for three years before the Clery Act was enacted. He was well positioned to ensure that EMU institute and maintain procedures to comply with the law, and he had 16 years to do so before the killing of Laura Dickinson......snipped
This story is kind of like the Duke Lacrosse case from an alternative universe, isn’t it?
exactly what I was thinking - black man rapes and kills white coed. I'm guessing liberal instincts to protect blacks (from racists who would just add this case to their pre-conceived stereotypes) kicked in here - to the opposite effect of the Duke case. No publicity - not even the victims family was told. Amazing.
Congressman Billybob
Yeah...sort of the flip side or Duke Lacrosse corollary.
The issue that is common to both EMU and Duke is the pc-multicult bias that is inherent within academia.
The pc bias at Duke propelled many of the administrators and faculty and the D.A. to prejudge the lacrosse players as guilty because they were white and the lying accuser was black.
PC bias favors black over white.
At EMU, the multicult bias of the college attempted to protect the rapist-murderer because he is black and the dead coed victim is white.
Again...PC bias favors black over white.
I just wish that we would get to that color blind society that MLK dreamed about.
Obviously, this guy felt that his duty was to the university (read-his job) and not the students. He must be a master of obfuscation and CYA. His job was to show the university how close they could skate to the edge of the law...and this time, the ice broke.
Parents, it's (sadly) your job to inquire about the crime stats at your child's school. And don't just go by the numbers the schools issue...read the back issues of the local newspaper. A lot of crimes that happen ON CAMPUS are not reported. IKWISO
Very few of the Admin types are there for the love of students (and please note: Most, if not all, instructors are there to teach. It’s when they become department heads that they become part-Admin and start thinking of $$ first.
So, now you see why Eastern lied.Oh, and apologies for the rotten grammar, I am a college graduate, and have worked in Admin and this really cheeses me off!!!
When the young couple in Tennessee were car-jacked and killed, I mentioned to my son that I was wondering if the university had any role in the lack of media coverage. He said that it is common for colleges and universities to put pressure on authorities to minimize any possible bad publicity. He said that their was a couple, students at Arizona State, that were murdered in their apartment that the press ignored, probably under pressure from the university. But this goes way beyond that.
Percent distribution of single-offender Rape/Sexual assaults
based on race of victims and perceived race of offender
Victim's Race | Victim Count | Total | White Offender | Black Offender | Other Offender | unknown Offender |
White only | 111,490 | 100% | 44.5% | 33.6% | 19.6%* | 2.3%* |
Black only | 36,620 | 100% | 0.0%* | 100% | 0.0%* | 0.0%* |
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