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October 11, 2006
Avoiding Political Embarrassment the Columbia University Way
How do you avoid political embarrassment at Columbia University these days?
Disinvite invited guests to a talk sure to interest conservatives and other hawks in the larger NYC community. A talk, by the bye, well advertised in several major conservative blogs.
Why, we wonder, at 4:45 in the afternoon, a mere 3:15 hours before Walid Shoebat and his panel were to speak to an audience at Columbia University, all of whom had RSVP'd to the Columbia University College Republicans who were sponsoring the talk, and received invitations from them to the event, has Jewelnel Davis, the advising officer to Student Governing Board groups at Columbia decided to rescind all of the invitations?
Can it possibly be that, having been severely embarrassed by last week's events - when radical leftists at Columbia were left free to act as thugs and attack the Minutemen - and the blogstorm it precipitated, resulting in severe, public criticism of Lee Bollinger, President of Columbia University, for his lack of initiative at solving the problem, this week they decided to solve the problem - at the last minute - by restricting their popular lecturer to Columbia students and 20 invited guests.
It is the decision of the advising office to Student Governing Board groups that at tonight’s event sponsored by the Columbia College Republicans, hosts to the Walid Shoebat Foundation, attendance will be limited to the invited speakers and their staff, CUID holders, and 20 invited guests. You are receiving this email to inform you that unfortunately, your RSVP to tonight’s event cannot be accepted. Sincerely,Jewelnel Davis
University Chaplain
Associate Provost
Director of the Earl Hall Center
This method of dealing with the situation did not please the College Republicans:
From: Chris Kulawik (President of College Republicans)This was a decision of the administration - the CRs wanted to allow
all individuals with RSVPs. Please join us in directing complaints
to Earl Hall and the Columbia Admin. This is not the first time
they have done something like this.All my thanks,
Chris
UPDATE: Welcome LGF and Hot Air readers - be sure to check out the next post for more reaction to this sudden reversal.
UPDATE: Check out all the empty chairs in the auditorium during the speech, and more on the official who sent the email.
Alcibiades | 10/11/06 at 08:54 PM | Categories: - Wackademia
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Comments
RE Columbia U.: There is a link to a petition by Columbia students seeking signatories to excuse and justify their Brownshirt tactics at littlegreenfootballs.com . They are getting a lot more than they bargained for. Take a peek, you'll laugh your asses off! LET FREE SPEECH REIGN!!!
TheMadKing | October 11, 2006 09:24 PM
Hey Mad King, thanks for the head's up.
BTW, I like that novel, too!
Alcibiades | October 11, 2006 09:37 PM
And what of the ISM?
I'll bet they are dancing over this!
OMMAG | October 11, 2006 09:50 PM
It is amazing how stupid the Columbia administration can be. As if this latist move WON'T be blogged about!!!
dennisskea | October 11, 2006 09:54 PM
And you really thought Columbia was going to change?
Lewis B. Sckolnick | October 11, 2006 10:22 PM
Won't be long until CU becomes a fully certified madrassah.
russ | October 11, 2006 10:42 PM
Thanks, Alcibiades, we got 'em by the throat! Thanks for the comment about my novel, too. Never read it.
TheMadKing | October 12, 2006 12:02 AM
Whalid Shoebat speaks the truth about Islam. US academics and politicians avoid the man like the plague.
We have paid dearly for hosting folks like Wahlid Shoebat, Dr.Wafa Sultan, and especially Hamid Mir!
[Hamid Mir - The only journalist to have met with Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahri since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In 1997 he joined Daily Ausaf Islamabad as Founding Editor. He spent ten days in the Eastern part of Afghanistan and investigated the great escape of Osama bin Ladin from the Tora Bora mountains in December 2001.]
The self-serving, money hungry interests of Columbia should surprise no one. As Mario Puzo wrote; "Nuthin' personal, it's just business".
Check out our symposium http://www.americastruthforum.com/symposium.htm
And try to convince Charles Johnson to speak there on the importance of the new media in the war on terrorism. Charles is on par with Walid and Hamid Mir.............he should share the podium with them.
Kol tuv,
Michael
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| October 12, 2006 07:12 AM
" in a soldier's stance ,I aimed my hand ,at the mongrel dogs who teach " .....
and to the students who in "free America " gettt a "free ride " , and then proceed to stifle that which allowed them here to begin with .
What an irony .
Sorry but I wouldn't piss on C.U .if it were on fire .
Excaliber | October 12, 2006 07:20 AM
It seems like the staff wanted to set the stage
so that there were more leftist columbia students than supporters. I was told the list of 120 supporters was cut to just 20. Also any Columbia student could come in.
Rick | October 12, 2006 02:57 PM
wake up!mike bloomberg is an illegal alien migrant(with multiple stolen and fraudulent i.d.)left liberal communist welfare democrat!he uses taxpayer hardearned money to pay politicalblackmail to illegal alien migrants and ethnic,african,latino and jewish illegalimmigrationlawyers.
christopher a.
nyc,ny(m.bloomberg&H.CLINTONS ILLEGAL ALIEN MIGRANT WITH MULTIPLE STOLEN & fraudulent id)zoo
christopher a. | October 13, 2006 01:06 PM
OH the odour of the resticted and misaligned sewers that our colleges have become....
Eau de'Big Lie' brought to you by and sponsored by the KennedyKarterKlintonkerry (KKKk) cartel
Freeman | October 16, 2006 02:29 PM
