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New London — Everything came to a halt on the Connecticut College campus Wednesday afternoon as President Katherine Bergeron canceled all other events and called for a campus-wide forum to address a tenured professor’s Facebook post comparing Gazan Palestinians to “a rabid pit bull chained in a cage, regularly making mass efforts to escape.” "Gaza is in the cage because of its repeated efforts to destroy Israel and Jews," Andrew Pessin, a professor in the college's philosophy department, published to his personal Facebook page in August. Editor's note: This corrects an earlier version of the first sentence. "The blockade is...

Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in...

Here is the list so far for sponcers to this hate America fest: ANSWER Code Pink UFPJ NION Al Awda World Workers Party Ruckas Revolutionary Communist party Moveon.org ACORN Campus Antiwar Network International Socialist Org Greens Party Muslim Student Association CPUSA

At its 20th anniversary dinner, Accuracy in Academia will make its first annual presentation of its Little Churchill awards, named after Ward not Winston, for dubious academic achievement. Just as the colorful Ethnic Studies professor has distinguished himself for calling the victims of the World Trade Center attacks of 9-11-01 Little Eichmanns, thus comparing them to the notorious Nazi from the Second World War, so too have a host of academics distinguished themselves by their ethnic sensitivity in an age of "tolerance." But Ward Churchill's achievements do not end there. He has also produced scholarship that either already appeared elsewhere...

Me and my conservative friend, as in every week, will be having our radio show tonight at 11PM, WED, until midnight. We are on our college (Connecticut College) radio station. If you are around New London, CT you can tune into 91.1FM If you are far away you can listen to online using realplayer at: Click Here (You need realplayer)We will be discussing the Israeli-Arab conflict and the "roadmap" to "peace". We will be having 1 conservative and 1 liberal (who has Palestinian Arab links) on. Please Listen in! Thanks Yoni Freeman

Thirty-four percent of students who applied for admission to CC’s Class of 2007 have been accepted, making the class the second most selective in CC history. The accepted students have a strong academic profile and represent one of the most diverse admitted classes, with 18 percent domestic students of color. On Monday, April 14, many accepted students, families and friends will visit campus for the first of two Open Houses. Students of color are invited to a Spring Preview Weekend April 12-13, prior to Open House. CC received 4,392 applications for admission to the Class of 2007, a 12 percent...

Weekly schedule of events and More sent to me This Week at CC WEDNESDAY, February 5 Tea: Faculty/Staff sponsored by SOUL (Sexual Orientations for Liberation), 4 pm, Coffee Grounds, KB. x2628 Dinner: Celebrate Black History Month with a special menu, 4:30 - 7:30 pm, Harris. x2466Films: "A Tale of O" (1980) looks at complications of the "minority" experience and "Free Indeed: A Video Drama About Racism [& Privilege]" (1995) examines initial explorations of white privilege. A discussion will follow. 7 pm, Bill Hall 106. x2103 Sports: Women´s squash vs. Wellesley, 7 pm, Luce Fieldhouse. x2501 Sports: Women´s basketball vs. Coast...