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  • Boston College Prof. Quits over Rice Speech

    05/12/2006 8:34:30 AM PDT · by raccoonradio · 163 replies · 3,260+ views
    Boston Globe ^ | 05/12/06 | Steve Almond
    An open letter to William P. Leahy, SJ, president of Boston College. I am writing to resign my post as an adjunct professor of English at Boston College. I am doing so -- after five years at BC, and with tremendous regret -- as a direct result of your decision to invite Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to be the commencement speaker at this year's graduation. Many members of the faculty and student body already have voiced their objection to the invitation, arguing that Rice's actions as secretary of state are inconsistent with the broader humanistic values of the university...
  • Sign Petition: Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) must Step Aside

    12/16/2002 9:16:54 PM PST · by StopDemocratsDotCom · 51 replies · 775+ views
    StopDemocrats.com ^ | 12-17-2002 | StopDemocrats.com
    StopDemocrats.com is asking for Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) to Step Aside. The petition reads: Recent comments by Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) involving Senator Strom Thurmond's 1948 presidential candidacy supporting segregation have created a controversy that may force the Senator to step aside as leader of the Senate Republicans. This petition asks that the same standards be applied to Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) ,who is the current President pro tempore of the US Senate, and demands that he resign from any leadership post in the 108th Congress for saying the following racist comments on National television 21 months ago. "My old...