Duke University senior threatens ‘student action’ if Koch brothers buy newspapers

The Daily Caller ^ | 6/14/2013 | Eric Owens

[rktman]

A Duke University student has threatened “student action” if billionaire brothers Charles Koch and David Koch purchase a host of well-known newspapers owned by the Tribune Company, including the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times.

The ambiguous warning came after the student, senior Lucas Spangher, talked this week for 40 minutes with Duke trustee Bruce Karsh, reports The Chronicle, Duke’s student daily. Karsh is also the president of Oaktree Capital Management, the largest Tribune Company debt holder since the company exited bankruptcy at the end of 2012.

[rktman]

Warning? Sounds like a terrorist threat to me. NSA? Are you listening? Oh. Never mind. Liberals will not be monitored. I forgot. Free enterprise system? What's that? Sounds like this moron hasn't learned squat at Duke. His parents should demand a refund. And then ground his sorry butt.

[G Larry]

Ice water is a common cure for tantrums.

[Tijeras_Slim]

talked this week for 40 minutes with Duke trustee Bruce Karsh

Mr. Karsh is either the most patient man alive or a masochist.

[ScottinVA]

This is what happens when spoiled brats go wild.

[Wordkraft]

“talked this week for 40 minutes with Duke trustee Bruce Karsh
Mr. Karsh is either the most patient man alive or a masochist.”

Or deaf.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I’m sure the Koch brothers are terrified of a Duke Senior.

[MichaelCorleone]

Shouldn’t your ‘student action’ be confined to the library? This is (supposed to be) an institution of higher learning after all.

[cuban leaf]

Groovy, dude.

[HOYA97]

This kid is a research assistant at Duke University.

Here is his linkedin account

[Red Steel]

Little Lucas here.

http://www.takepart.com/author/lucas-spangher

[EEGator]

I wonder if 88 professors will sign a letter like they did against those lacrosse players. How did that work out anyway? /s

[machman]

As if I needed any more reason to hate the spoiled little brats that infect this part of the state......

[relictele]

Better get the 88 faculty members to write another letter.

[Irenic]

Have at it, dude.

[relictele]

Beat you by 4 seconds but my post is 2 behind yours!

Time/space continuum exploded.

[relictele]

Oops +3 min difference.

Time/space continuum restored.

[EEGator]

Everything is back to normal. :)

[ThomasMore]

[ArmstedFragg]

OMG! Student Action!!! The horror, the horror! Whatever will we do?

[ArmstedFragg]

Just change the subject matter of the first letter, they’ve never retracted it.