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[Duke University] Faculty speak out on threats, intimidation [at "Shut Up and Teach" event]
The Duke Chronicle ^ | 2/13/2007 | Locomotive Breath

Posted on 02/13/2007 1:36:04 PM PST by Locomotive Breath

By: Naureen Khan
Issue date: 2/13/07 Section: News
Last update: 2/13/07 at 5:57 AM EST

Six members of the Duke faculty said Monday night that they refused to be silenced by what they termed as attempts by critics to intimidate them or censor their opinions.

The charged panel discussion-entitled "Shut Up and Teach?"-addressed criticism toward academics who comment on controversial social and political issues.

The panelists at the talk-five of whom were signatories of an advertisement called the "listening statement" that was published in The Chronicle April 6, 2006-said the problems of faculty repression go beyond the events of last spring. [snip]


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: duke; dukelax; durham
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Shut Up and Teach

1 posted on 02/13/2007 1:36:11 PM PST by Locomotive Breath
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To: Howlin

ping


2 posted on 02/13/2007 1:36:47 PM PST by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: Locomotive Breath

Duke is going downhill fast, even the Basketball team.


3 posted on 02/13/2007 1:37:32 PM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (A Muslim soldier can never be loyal to a non-Muslim commander.)
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To: Locomotive Breath

"Good morning class, today in our first day of psychology, we'll discuss global warming, climate change if you will, and will continue with this topic until each of you socialists in training truly believe it exists"..


4 posted on 02/13/2007 1:39:44 PM PST by GeorgiaDawg32 (I'm a Patriot Guard Rider.....www.patriotguard.org for info..)
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To: Locomotive Breath

So criticism is now faculty repression? And yet their critcism of the lacrosse players/critics/American society at large/etc is their right, correct? Interesting cognitive dissonance they've got there.


5 posted on 02/13/2007 1:40:42 PM PST by Teacher317 (Are you familiar with the writings of Shan Yu?)
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To: Locomotive Breath

The good professors say, continue paying us $40k a year for your education and to hell with providing customer satisfaction. You owe us your money and we don't owe you a damn thing.

We have tenure.


6 posted on 02/13/2007 1:42:02 PM PST by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: cinives

You nailed it!


7 posted on 02/13/2007 1:46:45 PM PST by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked)
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To: Locomotive Breath

"Shut Up and Teach!"

not

"Shut Up and Teach?"


8 posted on 02/13/2007 1:48:03 PM PST by bigbob (2)
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To: cinives
The good professors say, continue paying us $40k a year for your education and to hell with providing customer satisfaction. You owe us your money and we don't owe you a damn thing.

It's closer to 80k.
9 posted on 02/13/2007 1:50:02 PM PST by johnny33
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

This is typical of postings that I do not want anyone on the Boston College basketball team to read.


10 posted on 02/13/2007 1:50:58 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: massgopguy

If they don't clean up their playing Carolina fans will be yelling N.I.T.! N.I.T! at the last game of season in Chapel Hill.


11 posted on 02/13/2007 1:54:38 PM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (A Muslim soldier can never be loyal to a non-Muslim commander.)
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To: Locomotive Breath

Tenure. Repeat after me: tenure. Academia is full of tenured flower-children, now safely protected by university endowments to shoot off their mouths. No courage there.


12 posted on 02/13/2007 2:01:19 PM PST by Malesherbes
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

Duke is going downhill fast, even the Basketball team.

Sweet, isn't it?


13 posted on 02/13/2007 2:04:37 PM PST by Boiler Plate (Mom always said why be difficult, when with just a little more effort you can be impossible.)
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To: Locomotive Breath; TaxRelief; Alia; 100%FEDUP; 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; ~Vor~; A2J; a4drvr; ...

NC *Ping*

Please FRmail Constitution Day or Alia if you want to be added to or removed from this North Carolina ping list.
14 posted on 02/13/2007 2:05:55 PM PST by Constitution Day
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To: cinives

Try $100K+ a year for these vermin.


15 posted on 02/13/2007 2:09:34 PM PST by FormerACLUmember
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To: Teacher317

Freedom for me, but not for thee!


16 posted on 02/13/2007 2:10:10 PM PST by MPJackal ("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
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To: FormerACLUmember

I was referring to the amount it costs the student to attend, not the pay of the professors.


17 posted on 02/13/2007 2:13:53 PM PST by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: FormerACLUmember
Try $100K+ a year for these vermin.

Westdef has a good comment on this:
the great irony being that these socialist professors depend on capitalists like you to pay for their anti-capitalist lectures

www.westdef.org/about-us.html
18 posted on 02/13/2007 2:23:48 PM PST by johnny33
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

The Unkindest cut of all!


19 posted on 02/13/2007 2:28:17 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Locomotive Breath

Teachers can say whatever they want in whatever leftist rally they happen to attend or sponsor. But they should be expected to act like a professional in the lecture hall and stick to the curriculum, leaving campus and other politics out of it. I had a few professors at U of M who could do this, but many who never did.


20 posted on 02/13/2007 2:28:23 PM PST by JTHomes
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