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Issue date: 10/18/07 Section: News
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Stanford protests new Rumsfeld appointment
Students and faculty at Stanford University have protested the appointment of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to a university think tank, the Hoover Institution. Professor Pamela Lee began an online petition after Rumsfeld's appointment this fall. The petition has so far gathered over 3,500 signatures, nearly 300 of which belong to professors across the disciplines.
"Many of us believe," said Dr. Philip Zimbardo, professor emeritus of psychology, "that Donald Rumsfeld, in his role as Secretary of Defense, has behaved in ways that are dishonorable, disgraceful and always disingenuous."
"We view the appointment as fundamentally incompatible with the ethical values of truthfulness, tolerance, disinterested inquiry, respect for national and international laws, and care for the opinions, property and lives of others to which Stanford is inalienably committed," read the petition.
The University officially claims the appointment is within the rights of the Hoover Institution in spite of the controversy. Hoover's one-year appointment places Rumsfeld on a task force on terrorism and ideology as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow.
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Anger boils after noose discovered at Columbia
Columbia University students found themselves enraged after a noose was discovered hanging on Teachers' College Professor Madonna Constantine's office door on Oct. 8.
Students considered the incident a blatant act of racism against Constantine, who is African-American. In a meeting with University President Lee Bollinger, many of the school's student leaders accused the University of taking a weak stance against discrimination.
One student said it is time to stop "placating us with statements or whatever silly things like that … [and to] reevaluate these past initiatives because they clearly have not prevented the events of this month."
As police continued to search for a suspect, the University came together to protest such prejudiced sentiments by marching through the campus last Wednesday.
Students and faculty at Stanford University have protested the appointment of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to a university think tank, the Hoover Institution. Professor Pamela Lee began an online petition after Rumsfeld's appointment this fall. The petition has so far gathered over 3,500 signatures, nearly 300 of which belong to professors across the disciplines.
"Many of us believe," said Dr. Philip Zimbardo, professor emeritus of psychology, "that Donald Rumsfeld, in his role as Secretary of Defense, has behaved in ways that are dishonorable, disgraceful and always disingenuous."
"We view the appointment as fundamentally incompatible with the ethical values of truthfulness, tolerance, disinterested inquiry, respect for national and international laws, and care for the opinions, property and lives of others to which Stanford is inalienably committed," read the petition.
The University officially claims the appointment is within the rights of the Hoover Institution in spite of the controversy. Hoover's one-year appointment places Rumsfeld on a task force on terrorism and ideology as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow.
-CNN.com
Anger boils after noose discovered at Columbia
Columbia University students found themselves enraged after a noose was discovered hanging on Teachers' College Professor Madonna Constantine's office door on Oct. 8.
Students considered the incident a blatant act of racism against Constantine, who is African-American. In a meeting with University President Lee Bollinger, many of the school's student leaders accused the University of taking a weak stance against discrimination.
One student said it is time to stop "placating us with statements or whatever silly things like that … [and to] reevaluate these past initiatives because they clearly have not prevented the events of this month."
As police continued to search for a suspect, the University came together to protest such prejudiced sentiments by marching through the campus last Wednesday.
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