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| College to Apologize for Anti-War Credit |
| 2003-03-12 |
| A college speech instructor was placed on leave for giving extra credit to students who wrote letters to President Bush opposing a war with Iraq but declining any bonus to students who support war. Uhhhhhhhh, like, no oil for blood. I mean like, no blood for oil. Yeah, that's it. Can I have my extra thing now, teach? Louis Zellers, president of Citrus College in suburban Glendora, said adjunct speech professor Rosalyn Kahn was placed on administrative leave with pay starting this week, pending a review. Ooooohhhhhh....Citrus College! Oh, Rosalyn must've really been in demand in academia world. "That's inappropriate and we're not going to tolerate it," Zellers said. Especially since it appears to have made the national news. Zellers said he would send a letter of apology to the White House. Mighty big of him, I think. Kahn did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment. Adjunct Faculty United, the professors' union, promised to support Kahn. ....and there it is! "We do not believe that the instructor was given due process," said Jean Culp, the union' co-president. Maybe you could take it up with the new International World Court or whatever they call it? Wait, strike that. You'd probably win. College officials said Kahn also offered students extra credit if they wrote letters to a state senator protesting state budget cuts that would reduce the number of adjunct faculty positions and eliminate some college classes. Think Rosalyn might've been on the cut list? Conflict of interest maybe? "This just demonstrates the level of self-interest involved in the assignment," said Samuel T. Lee, associate dean of language arts and foreign languages at the two-year community college. Looks like Dean Lee might agree. Lee believes four to six letters were sent to Bush and more were delivered to the legislator. College officials said the extra credit awarded by Kahn will be expunged and students will be given alternative extra credit assignments. I can only imagine what those will be will be. Kahn's speech class is required for students wanting to transfer to California State University or University of California campuses. Ahhhhh, Berkeley. I don't know if this helps or hurts her chances of moving on up to lefty nirvana. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #1 They should apologize for what they're doing to the educational system in general. This stupid letter writing campaign isn't even the tip of the iceberg. |
| Posted by: g wiz 2003-03-12 13:26:16 |