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From: The University of Chicago Chronicle
March 18, 2004
Allen, 2001 MacArthur fellow, to serve as Dean
Danielle Allen
Classics professor Danielle Allen will become Dean of the Division of the Humanities, beginning July 1. Allen, 32, who has produced influential work on democracy, citizenship and justice in both ancient Greece and modern America, is the first MacArthur fellow to become a Dean at the University.
“Danielle Allen is not only a brilliant scholar, an inspiring teacher, and an engaged and enlightened citizen,” said President Randel. “She also is a person who understands that the eternal truths of our humanistic traditions must be constantly re-energized and applied in our lives, if we have any hope of living as thoughtful human beings and worthy citizens of a great democracy.
“Through her scholarship, her teaching and her service, she has shown that she understands and is willing to share these truths with her colleagues, with her students and with her fellow citizens. We are most fortunate that she has agreed to apply some of her wisdom and energy to the leadership of our Humanities Division, and I very much look forward to working with her.”
As Dean, Allen will oversee the research, teaching and administration of the division, which includes 15 departments and six committees that cover languages, literatures and culture. She will succeed Janel Mueller, the William Rainey Harper Distinguished Service Professor in the College, who has been Dean since 1999.
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This is moving along and obviously an ORGANIZED strategy ... The dims have a petition going at their website (which I won't post)...!!!
"Fox News Smear Campaign"
"FOX must stop injecting racism, prejudice, and fear into our political dialogue. We intend to hold FOX, its advertisers, and its personalities accountable for FOX's attempts to smear the Obamas." Click here to learn more and sign:"
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"Please stop perpetuating racism and predjudice. We will not patronize your organization (or sponsors) if you continue. And, we will inform our friends and family. Thanks,"
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Is she disclosing her long personal relationship with the Obamas via their University of Chicago affiliations?
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Ooops -- little bombshell .. just found this:
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Washington Post names author Andy Martin as Obama source
2008-06-28 10:44:30 - Was Danielle Allen violating federal law by using tax-exempt facilities to do Obama campaign research? What are Allen's links to Obama and his campaign? The Washington Post is silent on these critical questions.
NEW YORK news conference:
WASHINGTON POST NAMES AUTHOR ANDY MARTIN AS OBAMA SOURCE ANDY MARTIN
Executive Editor
ContrarianCommentary.com
'Factually Correct, Not Politically Correct'
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW YORK NEWS CONFERENCE JUNE 28, 2008
OBAMA AUTHOR ANDY MARTIN RESPONDS TO WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE NAMING MARTIN AS THE SOURCE OF COMMENTS ABOUT OBAMA'S RELIGIOUS ROOTS
MARTIN ACCUSES WASHINGTON POST OF CREATING "MANCHURIAN SURROGATE"
FOR OBAMA'S DISINFORMATION
MARTIN'S CONTROVERSIAL BEST SELLER ON OBAMA WILL BE AVAILABLE NATIONALLY WITHIN DAYS
WAS THE WASHINGTON POST DUPED BY THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN?
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MUST go to link for the rest of the information.
Snippet:
"(NEW YORK)(June 28, 2008) Legendary Chicago Internet columnist and Obama author Andy Martin will hold a New York news conference Saturday, June 28th to respond to an article today in the Washington Post identifying him as the original source of information about Barack Obama's religion. Martin will also charge that far from being an innocent victim, Obama has been a perpetrator of the confusion over his religion and Obama is engaging in his own Internet terror tactics.
The Washington Post article is found at: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR20080 ..
Martin says the Washington Post article is accurate and factual as it applies to him, but that the Post story raises more questions than it answers.
"In so far as my contact with the Post," Martin will state, "Mr. Mosk accurately reports my role and, as far as I can remember, correctly reports our interview.
"But Mosk produced an incomplete form of journalism. He writes a long article about Danielle Allen, but she is a very suspicious character to say the least. Mosk uncritically swallows Allen's story.
"First, despite the fact that Allen claims to have conducted exhaustive research, she never contacted me. How could she claim to be conducting 'research' without contacting the putative source? Scholarly research would have mandated even a pro forma contact.
"Second, Ms. Allen has been using tax exempt facilities to conduct her political research. Once again, an Obama supporter is caught apparently violating the law.
"Third, although she is identified as a 'political expert' there is no indication that Allen has any experience in politics whatsoever. Perhaps that is why Allen's research was so amateurish and deficient. Her online resume shows no political background, unless she wants to count studying ancient Athens as a model for Obama's role in the Chicago Democratic Machine.