CMU to hold secret expulsion hearing
Posted by punch bowl | Posted in Dennis Lennox, Gary Peters, Gary Peters should choose | Posted on 28-02-2008
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After refusing to hold an open, fair and transparent disciplinary hearing earlier this afternoon for a student opposed to Gary Peters teaching while running for Congress, Central Michigan University administrators are now saying a tribunal will meet behind closed doors without the accused student present and able to defend himself against charges that could expel him.
Students Against Gary Peters spokesman Dennis Lennox is facing three student code charges for distributing a student newsletter with editorial content critical of Peters in October.
CMU Assistant Dean of Students Anthony Voisin delayed a hearing today because the school did not want Lennox videotaping the tribunal. Today was the fourth time administrators have scheduled a hearing – previous attempts were postponed after an outcry from students, alumni, taxpayers and state legislators.
The ACLU has warned the school it can’t ban videotaping from campus, and there is no provision in student code regulations that prohibit recording during hearings.
“CMU is denying me the opportunity to defend myself and clear my name in this ridiculous and unfortunate situation,” said Lennox. “I don’t understand why they continue to take such extreme measures aimed at shielding Gary Peters from legitimate questions.”
CMU spokesman Steve Smith and a detective from the campus police were present at today’s hearing, observing it from an adjoining room. Steve told media that Lennox “will not be allowed to attend the next hearing.”
Lennox testified before the state Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education last week, asking senators to delay any increase in funding to CMU until questions about Peters are answered.
He has also filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education after faculty violated his federal student privacy rights by sending e-mails alleging he was “Virginia Tech dangerous” and mentally ill because he holds “noxious [conservative] political and social beliefs.”
The CMU tribunal could expel Lennox if it finds he violated the student code.
Quote of the Day
Posted by sage of monticello | Posted in CRs in the news, John McCain | Posted on 28-02-2008
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People fail to realize that not all conservatives agree with Ann Coulter,” he explained. “We have minds of our own, and we have a broad and diverse party.
- Sean Tamba Matthew, Chairman of the PA College Republicans, on the influence (or lack thereof) of conservatives like Ann Coulter on a person’s decision to vote (or not to vote) for John McCain
The the entire article here.
End Corruption. Stop Earmarks. Sign the Petition
Posted by sage of monticello | Posted in Activism Alert, corruption, earmarks | Posted on 28-02-2008
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If ever a place needed change, it’s Washington, where the culture of corruption continues to run rampant. The new majority continues to be satisfied with nothing less than business as usual. They don’t understand that Americans have completely lost faith in their elected officials.
It is time to turn things around.
END CORRCUPTION. FIGHT FOR CHANGE. MAKE GOVERNMENT BETTER. SIGN THE PETITION TODAY!
Tom Coburn defends McCain
Posted by sage of monticello | Posted in John McCain, Presidential Primary, Tom Coburn | Posted on 27-02-2008
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Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain:
McCain is the conservative
I read Rick Santorum’s column “The conservative jury is still out on backing McCain” (Inquirer, Feb. 14) with great interest. I respect my conservative friends who don’t share my enthusiasm about Arizona Sen. John McCain. Yet, I’m troubled that many critics are focusing on the specks of dust in McCain’s eye while ignoring the plank in their own eye.
The plank in the eye of some self-appointed conservative jurists, particularly those from former Republican leadership ranks, is this:
Under their leadership, Republicans grew the government faster than the Democrats we replaced.
Under their leadership, Republicans attempted to secure a governing majority through the corrupting practice of earmarking.
Under their leadership, Republicans passed the largest entitlement expansion since Lyndon Johnson, passing on more than $9 trillion in new debt to the next generation so we could win the 2004 election.
McCain fought against all of those trends while many so-called conservatives were marching our party off a Bridge to Nowhere.
John McCain isn’t perfect. But he is by far the best candidate to tackle what many conservatives believe are the two greatest challenges facing our country – radical Islamic terrorism and a Congress that refuses to correct our unsustainable fiscal course.
U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.)
