Monday, March 31, 2003
Anti-U.S. Prof Enrages Columbia Alums
Columbia University alumni and donors are furious at a professor who wants to see a million U.S. troops killed and dragged through the streets.
Anthropology and "Latino studies" assistant professor Nicholas De Genova said last week at a so-called "teach-in" on the Iraq war: "The only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the U.S. military.
"I personally would like to see a million Mogadishus," he said, referring to the Somalian Muslims who desecrated the bodies of U.S. troops sent by Bill Clinton on a disastrous mission to assist them.
De Genova is hiding as the uproar over his sickening remarks grows, the New York Post reported today.
Disgusted by the remarks of De Genova and other anti-American eggheads at Columbia, Dr. Stephen Rittenberg, Class of 1957, wrote the Web site of the student newspaper Columbia Spectator: "The infantile narcissism of the anti-war profs is sickening. Once upon a time, Columbia professors thought it was their duty to teach critical thinking rather than to indoctrinate in anti-Americanism."
Columbia President Lee Bollinger at first merely said that De Genova's views were not those of the university. But now, fearing he'll lose those precious dollars, Bollinger is finally speaking out.
"I am shocked that someone would make such statements," Bollinger said. "Because of the university's tradition of academic freedom, I normally don't comment about statements made by faculty members. However, this one crosses the line and I really feel the need to say something. I am especially saddened for the families of those whose lives are at risk."
By the way, here's what De Genova said in April 2002 at a pro-Palestinian rally at Columbia: "The heritage of the victims of the Holocaust belongs to the Palestinian people. The state of Israel has no claim to the heritage of the Holocaust."
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Anti-U.S. Prof Enrages Columbia Alums
Columbia University alumni and donors are furious at a professor who wants to see a million U.S. troops killed and dragged through the streets.
Anthropology and "Latino studies" assistant professor Nicholas De Genova said last week at a so-called "teach-in" on the Iraq war: "The only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the U.S. military.
"I personally would like to see a million Mogadishus," he said, referring to the Somalian Muslims who desecrated the bodies of U.S. troops sent by Bill Clinton on a disastrous mission to assist them.
De Genova is hiding as the uproar over his sickening remarks grows, the New York Post reported today.
Disgusted by the remarks of De Genova and other anti-American eggheads at Columbia, Dr. Stephen Rittenberg, Class of 1957, wrote the Web site of the student newspaper Columbia Spectator: "The infantile narcissism of the anti-war profs is sickening. Once upon a time, Columbia professors thought it was their duty to teach critical thinking rather than to indoctrinate in anti-Americanism."
Columbia President Lee Bollinger at first merely said that De Genova's views were not those of the university. But now, fearing he'll lose those precious dollars, Bollinger is finally speaking out.
"I am shocked that someone would make such statements," Bollinger said. "Because of the university's tradition of academic freedom, I normally don't comment about statements made by faculty members. However, this one crosses the line and I really feel the need to say something. I am especially saddened for the families of those whose lives are at risk."
By the way, here's what De Genova said in April 2002 at a pro-Palestinian rally at Columbia: "The heritage of the victims of the Holocaust belongs to the Palestinian people. The state of Israel has no claim to the heritage of the Holocaust."
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