Stir Continues Over Columbia Professor's Comments (DeGenova Goes Into Hiding)

Fox News ^ | April 2, 2003 | Catherine Donaldson-Evans

[Mister Magoo]

NEW YORK

[laz17]

De Genova's gone into hiding? Good. I hope the filthy rat never comes back out of his hidey hole.

[Revolting cat!]

Ayca Cubukcu ------ what in the hell kind of name is that?

Here's Ayca:

[FredZarguna]

"We feel that the university has failed to protect Nick," anthropology grad student Ayca Cubukcu told the Spectator.

He's on first-name basis with his professor?

You should hear what he calls "Nick" when they're alone.

[Rasputin_TheMadMonk]

My last post was meant for you.


And to quote Christopher Lambert, "There can be only one!" Now where did I put that pesky sword?

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

If someone martyred this guy and you were selected to serve on the martyrer's jury, would you vote to convict?

[sistergoldenhair]

the list

[Rasputin_TheMadMonk]

"You should hear what he calls "Nick" when they're alone."

Something like "Daddy?" As in "Who's your daddy?"

[teancumspirit]

My wife sleeps with me and I sleep with my weapon available at all times. This creep better not ever get in my sites, somthings should be considered self-defence. We have very low tolerance since 911. We have lost so much, we need to protect our freedom at all cost.

[Paul Atreides]

It must be the same thing that everyone else is calling him: Nick the Pr*ck.

[Ronin]

In hiding? Yup! But not because of death threats. If figures the university can't fire him if they can't find him and maybe in a few weeks everyone will forget how deeply he shoved his head up his own brown-eye.

[FredZarguna]

Ayca Cubukcu ------ what in the hell kind of name is that?

Some idiot spelled that backwards. It's actually "Uckubuc Acya". Jeez, there goes this poor kid's 15 minutes.

[ladywolf]

I received this today following my email requesting De Genova's prompt dismissal:

On behalf of the Office of University Alumni Relations at Columbia University, I wish to thank you for your e-mail regarding the remarks made by Assistant Professor De Genova last week.

Many members of the Columbia community share your concern and shock, including Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger. Below you will find an article which appeared in the March 29, 2003, edition of the New York Times. I believe it best describes President Bollinger's reaction, as well as those of the teach-in's organizers.

Again, thank you for sharing your concerns with us.


At Columbia, Call for Death of U.S. Forces Is Denounced
By TAMAR LEWIN

The president of Columbia University said yesterday that he was horrified by the remarks of an anthropology professor who said at a campus antiwar teach-in Wednesday night that he hoped to see "a million Mogadishus" -referring to the city in Somalia where American soldiers were ambushed in a lethal firefight in 1993.

The professor, Nicholas De Genova, also called for the defeat of United States forces in Iraq, and said the only true heroes are those who help defeat the American military. He said Americans who call themselves patriots are imperialist white supremacists.

"Under well-established principles of the First Amendment, this is within a person's right to free speech," Lee C. Bollinger, the president of Columbia, said in an interview. "Not for a second, however, does that insulate it from criticism. I am shocked that someone would make such statements. I am especially saddened for the families of those whose lives are now at risk."

Those who attended the teach-in said most of the audience stayed silent at Professor De Genova's reference to the Mogadishu ambush, an event portrayed in the movie "Black Hawk Down." The raid, on Oct. 3, 1993, in which 18 Americans were killed and 75 injured -and the subsequent broadcast of images of a dead American being dragged through Mogadishu -prompted President Bill Clinton to order a withdrawal of troops from Somalia, where they had been sent to help relieve a famine.

"Professor De Genova's speech did not represent the views of the organizers," said Eric Foner, a history professor who was one of the teach-in's organizers. "I personally found it quite reprehensible. The antiwar movement does not desire the death of American soldiers. We do not accept his view of what it means to be a patriot. I began my talk, which came later, by repudiating his definition of patriotism, saying the teach-in was a patriotic act, that I believe patriots are those who seek to improve their country."

Professor De Genova's voice mail was not accepting messages yesterday. The anthropology department referred all calls concerning him to the public affairs office, where a spokesman said he had no further information on Professor De Genova, who is untenured and teaches anthropology and Latino studies.

The teach-in at Columbia, which went from 6 p.m. to midnight Wednesday and drew an audience of about 3,000, was organized by seven faculty members, who were joined by about two dozen other faculty members speaking on subjects like Middle East relations, civil liberties, pre-emptive war, the Geneva Conventions and Iraqi archaeological sites endangered by the war.



Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company


Aida I. Rivera
Columbia University
University Alumni Relations
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 520
Mail Code 7725
New York, NY 10115

[Cato the Censor]

More anti-American garbage and poison from the Ivy League.

[Cato the Censor]

More anti-American garbage and poison from the Ivy League.

[montag813]

The university has not publicly said if De Genova’s job as an assistant professor is in jeopardy over the scandal. De Genova does not have tenure.

This, in and of itself is a HUGE scandal, in my opinion. It is an almost unbelievable outrage that Columbia will not immediately fire this UNTENURED professor for his despicable, traitorous and barbaric remarks, totally unbefitting a supposed teacher of higher learning.

PUT PRESSURE WHERE IT BELONGS. IGNORE DEGENOVA...FREEP THE CRAP OUT OF COLUMBIA.

[Right Angler]

Boo-frickin-hoo, you traitorous yellow sack o' stool!

[Revolting cat!]

If you guys haven't read this mental midget's explanation,, you oughta read it now! Keep in mind, this guy has a doctorate in a "scientific" discipline and is instructing our children. He and many like him who haven't yet gotten caught! Yes, he is an embarassment to the well established clique of psuedo-intellectuals at our universities.

[FredZarguna]

Again, thank you for sharing your concerns with us.

Dear lame-o,
As a conservative, I don't "share concern." That's for pansy asses like you.

I "dispense justice."

Just wanted to clear that up, since "sharing" the planet with you is bad enough.

[F16Fighter]

Some students defended the professor. About two dozen of his students took part in a silent protest on Tuesday, as they sat quietly outside in the rain to show their support of De Genova...

Fine. I think we can find another two dozen more ropes.

[Kay Soze]

So Columbia is a Muslim school now?

Why on earth would any one want to obtain a degree from a muslin institution?