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Leila Beckwith, UCLA, Offers Prescriptive Advice to UMass Student CampusConsultNet Inquiry Concerning Professors Propagandizing In Class
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(Leila Beckwith, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita from UCLA Medical School, and is SPME Chapter Co-Chair at UCLA, in addition to being a member of the SPME Board of Directors) The student expresses well the frustration we all feel about the corruption of the academy byfaculty who use their classrooms for political propaganda and not for…

More Responses to UMass-Amherst Student’s Complaints
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I agree with most of what was said. I disagree with the idea of starting with the chairman but strongly suggest that students start at the top, the president, and then see it work its way down (which publicizes the issue) to V P, Dean and THEN chair at the last. My experience with an…

Ken Stein to Webcast Presentation on “The Carter Book Controversy”
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Thursday, April 5, 2007, 4:30 PM White Hall 208, Emory University Campus Introduction by Emory University President Jim Wagner Building on the interest generated by former President Jimmy Carter’s most recent book, Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, the Emory University Provost’s Office has planned a series of events to encourage dialogue about the conflict. At Emory,…

SPME-UCLA Shares Concern With UCLA Officials On Lebanon War Programming Scheduled on Passover
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March 30, 2007Dear Vice-Chancellor Naples, We are very concerned about a conference entitled “Covering Lebanon:Representations of the 2006 War”, which is scheduled to take place atUCLA on Tuesday April 3, 2007. (See Appendix 1 for an announcementof the event). The conference is being organized by Simona Livescu,a student, and is funded by the Campus Programs…