Posted on 11/14/2009 3:22:15 AM PST by HalfIrish
Black caucus is postponed due to arrest
North Adams Transcript
WILLIAMSTOWN -- Just days after a visiting professor at Williams College pleaded guilty to charges of fraud in federal court, the aftermath of his conviction is still being felt on campus and has led to the postponement of Monday’s Congressional Black Caucus symposium.
Bernard Moore, the college’s W. Ford Schumann ‘50 visiting assistants professor in Democratic Studies, initiated the symposium last year, which included Gov. Deval L. Patrick and U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-SC, Democratic Leadership Majority Whip, and was one of the primary organizers of the event this year.
Moore, who is also known by his real name, Ernest B. Moore and the alias Bernard Glenn-Moore, was suspended by the college on Tuesday after learning that he had pleaded guilty to fraud in excess of $800,000, which included defrauding the federal government, banks and credit card companies. He faces up to 41 months in prison, and is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 17, 2010.
Moore’s biography, including his academic credentials -- which are now in question, has been removed from the college’s political science department’s Web site.
Interim President William "Bill" Wagner informed the college community in a letter on Friday that the college would have to postpone the symposium for the time being because of Moore’s involvement.
"The private payment of travel and accommodation for House of Representative’s members and their staff to attend an event requires certification by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct," he said in the letter. "That group determined that the forms seeking certification for this event need to be refiled to show that Bernard Moore is no longer involved with it. The deadline for such forms is typically 14 days before the event. Since the symposium was meant to address important and timely issues, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and the college remain eager to hold a similar event on campus in the near future."
Monday’s symposium would have featured a discussion on "Leadership in the Black American Community: Reflections on the Past, Analysis of the Present and Visions of the Future," with panel members including U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., the most senior member of the House of Representatives and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., chairwoman of the caucus, comedian Bill Cosby, and U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., who employed Moore as a Congressional aide.
[Rest of article at Berkshire Eagle online]
Eric Holder is the worst AG we ever had period.
When is the White Caucus Symposium and which Governor’s will attend. I might like to go myself.
Eric Holder is the worst AG we ever had period....
Fits right in with the worst President in the “worsest” administration we ever had....
How....vibrant!
Just DARN!!
That’s racist. ;0)
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