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Duke students protest speaker
HeraldSun.com ^ | January 20, 2003 | Maria Beaudoin and Kimberly Sweet

Posted on 01/21/2003 8:56:59 AM PST by conservativecorner

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To: Lee'sGhost
I thought they were more into flight instruction and non-Western Civ....you know...anything to get into the country.
41 posted on 01/21/2003 12:13:46 PM PST by Overtaxed (well...I told you I didn't know anything. :))
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To: Overtaxed
I wasn't aware that muslims went for computer science.

There aren't too many Arabs in that curriculum (not that I've seen anyway). It primarily consists of Asians, Indians, and whites who live in their parents' basement figuring out how to make elves disappear on their computers.

42 posted on 01/21/2003 12:16:58 PM PST by Future Snake Eater
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To: Overtaxed
Becky Thompson
43 posted on 01/21/2003 12:18:05 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit
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To: Cool Guy
Damn those Dukies! I bet Mony has something to do with this :-)))
44 posted on 01/21/2003 12:18:30 PM PST by krb (the statement on the other side of ths tagline is false)
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To: justshutupandtakeit
Ooooh! Secondary target located.
45 posted on 01/21/2003 12:21:16 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed
You go, girl.
46 posted on 01/21/2003 12:24:42 PM PST by Lee'sGhost (Bet she doesn't shave her legs.)
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To: conservativecorner
"We would try to turn this into an educational experience.

If you call left wing propaganda "education".

When will our universities wake up to the pack of lies they're being brainwashed with?

47 posted on 01/21/2003 12:29:38 PM PST by Bullish
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To: krb
Damn those Dukies!A bunch of good for nothing's. They even suck at basketball :-).

I bet Mony has something to do with this :-)))

No doubts about that :-).

48 posted on 01/21/2003 12:40:24 PM PST by Cool Guy
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To: conservativecorner
The Duke Conservative Union is questioning why Laura Whitehorn -- a woman it calls a convicted terrorist

Let's see. The woman planted a bomb in a public place. It blew up. She was convicted of the crime. Yet, this so-called reporter still isn't convinced she's a terrorist.

No Bias here. Wonder if Mediawatch.org has this story yet.

49 posted on 01/21/2003 12:50:19 PM PST by wbill
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To: conservativecorner
"This is really a free speech issue," she said of the campus controversy. "The most important thing in college is to listen to different viewpoints and then you make up your mind. ... If we can shut people up and so easily intimidate them, then we’re back in the ’50s."

Then why not invite all who have bombed or threatened to bomb abortion clinics?

After all, they should be allowed to share their viewpoints, right?

50 posted on 01/21/2003 4:42:38 PM PST by A2J (If all else fails, blame it on someone else.)
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To: Calvin Locke
Heard a news blurb today about college endowments suffering this year, the worst since 1974....

The University of Pittsburgh did something pukey recently. They raised tuition rates by 14% and the college prez coincidentally received a 14% raise. (!!!) There's been some outcry in our local Pittsburgh papers.

51 posted on 01/21/2003 7:05:46 PM PST by Ciexyz
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To: Ciexyz
Read something in the paper this past month about the Connecticut College. IIRC, the article said the president
made about $875K/year. This, with all of about 1800 students...

The article blamed the trustees. Don't get me started.

52 posted on 01/21/2003 7:28:23 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: buffyt
What a stupid idea to have her as a speaker!

She probably was a second choice; Mumia couldn't come to Duke.

53 posted on 01/21/2003 7:32:41 PM PST by DrNo
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To: conservativecorner; Bob J
Bill English of the Conservative Student Union at Duke will be my 2nd half guest this Thursday on the DFU RADIO HOUR.
54 posted on 01/21/2003 9:44:30 PM PST by doug from upland (May the Clintons live their remaining days in orange jumpsuits)
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To: doug from upland
Here's a note I received from Bill English last night:

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Tomorrow the Duke Conservative Union will run an add in the campus paper that says the following:

"The African and African-American Studies Program at Duke University is funding a TERRORIST.

On March 3, the African and African-American Studies Program (AAASP), along with the John Hope Franklin Center, the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, and the Women's Studies Program, is sponsoring a lecture at Duke University by LAURA WHITEHORN. Who is Laura Whitehorn?

Although the original AAASP advertisement for her talk disingenuously refers to her as a former "political prisoner," Laura Whithorn is a CONVICTED TERRORIST. In 1983, along with a group called the Red Guerrilla Resistance Unit, Laura Whitehorn PLANTED A BOMB IN THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING that demolished a section of the building.

The AAASP's original advertisement never mentions Ms. Whitehorn's terrorist activities. And it fails to mention that Ms. Whitehorn spent 1985 to 1999 in prison as a result of her bombing. And it also fails to report that Ms. Whitehorn feels no remorse for her actions; rather, she condones violence as a means to further her radical political agenda. The AAASP only changed its advertisement and admitted Ms. Whitehorn's crime after the Wall Street Journal -- which was informed of the AAASP's dishonesty by the Duke Conservative Union -- publicized the story on its website.

Why did the AAASP try to hide the truth? Why is it using student funds to bring a terrorist to campus? Why did it describe Ms. Whitehorn merely as a "revolutionary anti-imperialist" and a "political prisoner"? Wasn't Timothy McVeigh a "political prisoner," too? After all, Mr. McVeigh had radical political views of his own.

What's next? Perhaps the AAASP will bring Osama bin Laden to speak on campus; he, like Ms. Whitehorn, hoped to detroy the U.S. Capitol Building.

Tell the African-American Studies Program that you don't want it to use your money to condone terrorism E-mail the African-American Studies Program at: jhfranklincenter@duke.edu"

We will also post this soon on our website. The object is, of course, to show the AAASP that this is not an insignificant matter and call them to account for this speaker, by flooding their mailbox. We share in former Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis's belief that "sunlight is the best disinfectant." Please feel free to post this ad in any public domain- the more exposure, the better.

Regards,
Bill English
President, DCU

55 posted on 01/22/2003 7:15:08 AM PST by Interesting Times
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To: Constitution Day
Ping.
56 posted on 01/22/2003 7:15:37 AM PST by Interesting Times
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To: Interesting Times
All right. This has the makings of a good radio show on Thursday.
57 posted on 01/22/2003 8:38:00 AM PST by doug from upland (May the Clintons live their remaining days in orange jumpsuits)
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To: Interesting Times
Thanks!
I posted a link to this on the NC message board here.

CD

58 posted on 01/22/2003 9:44:51 AM PST by Constitution Day ("Liberals have many tails, and chase them all." - H.L. Mencken)
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To: doug from upland
I've never listened to your show, Doug.
I assume this is on Radio FR?

Thanks,
CD

59 posted on 01/22/2003 9:45:40 AM PST by Constitution Day ("Liberals have many tails, and chase them all." - H.L. Mencken)
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To: conservativecorner
"This is really a free speech issue," she said of the campus controversy. "The most important thing in college is to listen to different viewpoints and then you make up your mind. ...

Failing that...plant a bomb...


60 posted on 01/22/2003 9:58:17 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen
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