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Duke University has a Board of Visitors. All major universities do, and the members of that board carry the charge of making sure that the university functions in an ethical, honorable and efficient manner that maximizes the reputation and societal contributions of the university as an institution of higher learning. It only appears to the untrained observer watching The Duke Rape Farce of 2006 that this board is merely a fictitious body of mysterious characters akin to The Illuminati. The Board of Visitors has a vital role to play in the final unwinding of Mike NifongÂ’s malicious yuppie hunt because...

When I was asked about the “Jenin Massacre” by a Muslim student during an event at Old Dominion last week, it became clear we were coming from two very different perspectives: reality vs. mythology. There was no “Jenin Massacre.” Period. The only “massacre” that took place at Jenin was that of the truth. Palestinians, long masters of media manipulation, went by the hundreds to foreign media—whom Israel kept outside of the armed conflict—to claim that over 500 innocents had been slaughtered. The man at the front of the prevarication parade was longtime Arafat sidekick Saeb Erekat, giving breathless accounts in...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Scana Corp. employees have been told to keep their Confederate flag paraphernalia off company property. The corporation, which is one of South Carolina's largest, also has ordered employees not to drive company vehicles onto any of Maurice Bessinger's barbecue restaurants, which prominently display the Confederate flag, The (Columbia) State reported Thursday. "Both the flag and Maurice Bessinger are divisive issues," said Scana spokeswoman Cathy Love. "For us to continue to be successful, we must have healthy, collaborative relationships with customers and co-workers. Divisive activities that disrupt harmony in the workplace are bad for business." Love didn't say...

A Selected Sample of Whiteness Studies Sources These texts focus on white people's misunderstanding of whiteness and erasure of race in one category: white. Alcoff, Linda. "What Should White People Do?" Hypatia 13: 3 (1998): 6-25. duCille, Anne." The Occult of True Black Womanhood: Critical Demeanor and Black Feminist Studies" in Joeres and Laslett, 70-108. Fine, Michelle, et. al, eds.. off white: Readings on Race, Power and Society. New York: Routledge, 1997. Fiskin, Shirley Fisher. "Interrogating ‘Whiteness,’ Complicating ‘Blackness’: Remapping American Culture." American Quarterly 47:3 (Sept 1995): 428-66. Frankenberg, Ruth. White Women, Race Matters. Minneapolis: Univ. of Minnesota Press, 1993....

Political Correctness Run Amok Dept.: Montreal Gazette     Monday » May 6 » 2002 Gay politics inflames squabbleA homosexual couple are famous for battling their 'homophobic' next-door neighbours in Pointe Claire. But some wonder whether it's all just political correctness run amok.SUE MONTGOMERYMontreal Gazette GAZETTE - Bob and Norah Walker, accused of being homophobic, describe themselves as hard-working regular Joes.   Monday, May 06, 2002To walk down Parkdale Ave. in Pointe Claire's sleepy Valois village is a little like going back in time. Neat matchbox houses are nestled on large, manicured lots covered with mature trees; you can...