The Curious Case of Claudine Gay

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

Of course...

"Amidst all of this, it has been distressing to have doubt cast on my commitments to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor — two bedrock values that are fundamental to who I am — and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus."

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

CNN "analyst" unclear on the concept of what "plagiarism" means.

kluurs

“The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology.”
― H.L. Mencken

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

Copper

Beautiful

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

@Horace said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

I wonder how much truth there is to Obama stepping up to support her, and I wonder how much clout he has.

I would google it, but I don't really want to google "obama gay".

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jon-nyc

Take a bow, Mr Ackman.

89th

@jon-nyc said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

Take a bow, Mr Ackman.

You too, sir. I just opened this thread for the first time in weeks and saw your prediction 14 days ago.

jon-nyc

And Stefanik for getting the ball rolling in the first place.

jon-nyc

By the way, the Harvard Corporation statement at least mentions her transgressions. Not with specifics but it at least mentions that there were some.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

And though she has resigned as president, she still keeps her job at Harvard as a (cough) "scholar."

The salary is about $900K, which is more than I made in 7 months.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

And the Associated (with Democrats) Press finds conservatives pouncing. Or is is seizing?

https://apnews.com/article/harvard-president-plagiarism-claudine-gay-3b048da1f2ee17b5edec3680b5828e8f

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Copper

@George-K said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

I thought that was from the Bee when I read it.

But no!

It is real AP.

https://apnews.com/article/harvard-president-plagiarism-claudine-gay-3b048da1f2ee17b5edec3680b5828e8f

jon-nyc

The interns aren’t taking it very well.

LuFins Dad

Has somebody ran that AP article past a plagiarism detection program?

Jolly

Gee, don't you imagine the Columbia President is counting her blessings about a scheduling conflict right now. That was supposed to be the fourth witness at the hearing.