The Cornell-McKinney Debacle

Cornell Daily Sun ^ | TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2003 | By JOE SABIA

[okie01]

"The only downside to the controversy surrounding McKinney's appointment is that John Pilger, the Emmy Award-winning documentarian and journalist who was named a Rhodes Class of '56 Professor at the same time as McKinney, isn't getting the attention he deserves."

Cynthia McKinney and John Pilger, too!

They actually want credit for this parlay of loons?

[FreedomPoster]

GA Freeper pings.

A tennis buddy's daughter is at Cornell. I saw him Saturday. He had heard about this before we all did, and immediately said to himself "Oh, I'm going to HEAR about this". You know from who.

The idiocy of the paper's editorial board is extraordinarily apparent by their statement:
"If McKinney can use her time at Cornell to foster discussion and encourage intelligent debate about a variety of pertinent topics . . . ".

Any group expecting this of McKinney are revealed as cretinous nincompoops, in my estimation. And I mean to demean neither cretins nor nincompoops with that statement.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Is there any possible way to redraw the US-Canadian border? Can we please send the 10th Mtn Division up there and force Canada to annex Cornell Political Reeducation Camp?

An intriguing idea. However, much of the land between Ithaca and the northern border of New York is populated by conservative Republican farmers who would not appreciate being annexed.

[.cnI redruM]

We move the farmers to Vermont and effect a reprisal of The Spanish Reconquista. The infidels must be chased from our lands!

[Mr Ducklips]

I agree. I went to Penn State for three years and learned plenty. No, wait a minute...it was the State Pen. Never mind...

[dansangel]

Any group expecting this of McKinney are revealed as cretinous nincompoops, in my estimation. And I mean to demean neither cretins nor nincompoops with that statement.

I couldn't have put it any better myself. Let me just add that leftie, drooling, bedwetting academia gets what it deserves.

[Guillermo]

I'm still wondering when they're going to re-name "Cynthia McKinney Parkway" (Memorial Drive).

[stand watie]

she will be teaching a course, the functional title of which SHOULD be :

"why we ought to hate everybody who is not just like us".

McKinney is a HATER.

free dixie,sw

[Hobsonphile]

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Regards...

[Lazamataz]

The hiring of McKinney tells me the education provided by Cornell is not worth a damn.

If I see anyone who's resume sports Cornell in the education section, that is now a strike against them.

[bruin66]

I thought UCLA was bad when I did my Masters there, but this is ludicrous!

I was there during its downfall...

[wideawake]

Cynthia McKinney -- a disgraced former congresswoman from Georgia -- as a visiting professor under the Andrew Dickson White Professors-at-large Program.

Fascinating. White himself was an intensely anti-Semitic and anti-Catholic pseudoscholar.

But his conveniently expurgated works are still hawked by atheists and certain Catholic-hating born-again Christians (like Jack Chick) to this day.

McKinney finds herself in perfect company.

[Former Proud Canadian]

No thanks, we have enough problems, you are stuck with it.

[.cnI redruM]

No! It's the reprise of 54-40 or fight. You will assume baby-sitting responsibility for Cornell University. That's what Canada gets as condign punishment for calling President Bush silly names.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

If the Hockey Team and School of Hotel Administration are any guide, a big chunk of Cornell is already Canadian.

[Richard Axtell]

" If McKinney can use her time at Cornell to foster discussion and encourage intelligent debate about a variety of pertinent topics, then the question becomes why would Cornell not offer her the position?

If "intelligent" is a requirement in this case, the clear answer to that last question would be "she is not qualified", considering McKinney's past public statements and performance.

[Gopher Broke]

Response I got from my complaint email to the President of Cornell.....

Thank you for emailing me about the invitation of Cynthia McKinney to serve as a visiting professor at Cornell. Although the invitation was extended to Ms. McKinney before I assumed the presidency, my response to you would be the same even if it had been extended more recently.

My role as President is circumscribed by principles of faculty responsibility that are central to our identity as a university. It is a commonplace that, at a primary level, faculty members must be able to discuss ideas freely, without oversight or restriction from the President or Board of Trustees. A direct corollary is that faculty members should also be free to invite others to visit our campus and lead such discussions. When university procedures assign faculty members the power to denominate such an invitation a "visiting professorship," I must respect their exercise of that power.

The invitation to Ms. McKinney was extended by a search committee of senior faculty members that was chaired by an academic dean, pursuant to duly established university procedures. That committee made an academic judgment that a visit by Ms. McKinney would enhance our collective intellectual life on campus. I will not second guess that judgment.

Life on the Cornell campus is marked by open, respectful, and serious discussion about important issues. I fully expect that atmosphere to surround Ms. McKinney's participation in that campus life. For me, the test of whether her time at Cornell is successful cannot be whether I agree or disagree with what she says. Rather, it must be whether our students' developing capacities for critical understanding are strengthened by engaging in discussions with her.

I appreciate your having taken the time to share your disapproval of this decision with me. Whether or not you find my response persuasive, I hope that you will at least find it helpful to know how I think about the issue.


Sincerely,



Jeffrey S. Lehman

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Cynthia McKinney and Ithica:

A match made in... Canada!

[Wings-n-Wind]

Look at the bright side....

Great opportunities for pro-active FReeps....
Out in the street... waving your signs...

Freedom of speech paradise

BTW... from a GA FReeper... they are considering quietly renaming the Dekalb County highway now known as Cynthia McKinney Parkway ....and
Heads up... here she comes...

Regards,

[Behind Liberal Lines]

President Lehman came to Cornell with his rep as a leftist idealogue already established. Lehman was the architect of the controversial affirmative action policy at U of Michigan Law School.