'NOOSE' PROF A PLAGIARIST

NY Post ^ | 21 Feb 08 | MURRAY WEISS and YOAV GONEN

[SkyPilot]

'NOOSE' PROF A PLAGIARISTM
STOLE STUDENTS' WORK AT COLUMBIA

February 21, 2008 -- The black Columbia University professor who last fall found a hangman's noose pinned to her office door plagiarized the work of another faculty member and two students, according to a school investigation released yesterday.

The plagiarism probe was already under way last year when a 4-foot twine noose was discovered on the door of psychology and education professor Madonna Constantine's office, officials at the university's Teachers College said.

[evets]

HATE CRIME!!!

[puroresu]

I’ll come right out and say it. Anyone shocked by this should be deported to Antarctica for being an idiot.

[Scarchin]

I’m shocked!!!!

Actually....

No, I’m not

[Cicero]

Maybe she went into the field of psychology because she has a split personality.

One half of her is racist, and the other half was deeply offended by the insult.

[SkyPilot]

Yup.

[SkyPilot]

Thank you too Liz.

:^)

[SkyPilot]

Maybe she went into the field of psychology because she has a split personality. One half of her is racist, and the other half was deeply offended by the insult.

And she consoled herself with 2 large pizzas, a half gallon of Maggie Moo's ice cream, and a package of Twinkies.

[Enchante]

Why has this scumbag not been FIRED? That's the only acceptable 'discipline' for major infractions of academic dishonesty that go beyond a momentary carelessness..... Two dozen instances of plagiarism over a 5-year period??? This does not sound like any case of minor inadvertent echoing of a phrase or two, but rather deliberate hard-core dishonesty and stealing of the work of others by a fanatical racist leftist hack. No wonder her position is "secure" at the execrable Columbia Teachers' College -- I'm sure the faculty there considers her simply one of them......

"They said they disciplined Constantine for stealing other people's work for articles she published in academic journals. They cited two dozen instances of plagiarism over the past five years that were substantiated in an 18-month investigation by a Manhattan law firm. Teachers College spokesman Joe Levine would not say how Constantine was punished, but college officials said her position is secure"

[GovernmentShrinker]

Now I can stop wondering exactly what strategy Columbia is going to use to distract the public from asking what those security videos revealed. Remember how they were refusing to turn them over to police until they heard police were about to head over with a subpoena to force them to turn them over? But we’ve never heard a peep about what was on them. Maybe the law enforcement computer experts are still working on recovering the parts Columbia erased while stalling on the handover.

[Ditto]

I find it really rich that she’s in “psychology”. Sounds like a case herself.

I have found that people who suffer from a particular aliment often gravitate to a profession that deals with that aliment.

[mass55th]

"They cited two dozen instances of plagiarism over the past five years..."

My question is, why does she still have a job? Oh wait, I forgot...she's a minority.

[SkyPilot]

"They cited two dozen instances of plagiarism over the past five years..."

Plagiarism is a serious problem on campus - especially in the last 10 years with the advent of the Internet.

Students are expelled for much less than what this professor did.

[SkyPilot]

Why has this scumbag not been FIRED? That's the only acceptable 'discipline' for major infractions of academic dishonesty that go beyond a momentary carelessness..... Two dozen instances of plagiarism over a 5-year period??? This does not sound like any case of minor inadvertent echoing of a phrase or two, but rather deliberate hard-core dishonesty and stealing of the work of others by a fanatical racist leftist hack.

Well, Colombia needs someplace to pour that $45,000 a year that students (well, non-minority students anyway) pay to attend this "Ivy League" university.

[ruination]

[knuthom]

Check out this poll at Columbia's student newspaper.
columbiaspectator.com
(scroll down, on the right)

What is your reaction to the news TC Prof Madonna Constantine allegedly plagiarized students' and faculty work?:

Shocked - This speaks poorly of Teachers College and Columbia. 19%

Uninterested - Such allegations are bandied about often, I'm waiting for the full story. 10%

Disgusted - the national media will pounce on the story because of the October noose incident. 18%

Unsurprised - I am of the opinion she placed the noose on her door to distract the administration from her fraud. 53%

[the OlLine Rebel]

“Two dozen instances of plagiarism over a 5-year period??? This does not sound like any case of minor inadvertent echoing of a phrase or two”

OK, so methinks this woman was also “plagiarizing” the deeds of some white and some black racists who have recently been putting up the dreaded noose. Copycat.

[Diplomat]

lmao at that one. Sad thing is that your hypothesis is likely true.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Yeah, and the college welched on my claim for the reward money.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Cripes, my mother’s sainted aunt graduated from Columbia Teacher’s College. I hate to say this, but I’m glad she isn’t alive to see this. Of course, she’d be 109.

[Vigilanteman]

Psychology is study of the id by the odd.