H88 Comes to University of ILL

The News-Gazette has listed some events   that the University of Clout will be offering under its generously-named "Inclusive Illinois" Initiative, regarding the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Apart from the list having a rather one-sided nature to seriously be taken as "inclusive," there is another feature of note.

One of the guest lectures is Thavolia Glymph, described here as simply "an author. However, Glymph is also a member of the Duke University faculty . A look at her publication shows a large block of no publications between 2003 and 2008. This is unfair because it does not show a couple of very important publications in her position as a member of Duke during 2006. 

In addition to being a cosigner of the infamous "Group of 88" libellous, racially-motivated,  and politically-correct prejudgement statement  thanking protesters for making noise about what happened to "this young woman" (who is now awaiting trial for murder) and carrying signs saying "castrate" and "confess" during the now-notorious Duke University Rape Hoax. Of course, Glymph also signed the following so-called "Clarifying Statement" which did nothing to clarify anything, only to falsely claim that the original statement had nothing to do with the lacrosse players (now thoroughly discredited since the letter's creator, Waheema Lubiano stated in writing that the statement was about "the lacrosse team incident."

But most horrific and damning was Glymph's final willingness to shed any previous or future attempts to disguise her own (or anyone else in the Group of H88) assumption of guilt of the lacrosse players. The DNA returns, which the Blagojevich of Law, disgraced and disbarred attorney Mike Nifong conspired to hide were eventually revealed to exonerate the players, Glymph complained,"we have been moving backwards." We can sympathize with her-it would be pretty hard to falsely accuse your own students of rape based upon their race and gender if the DNA is exculpatory, and the DA you supported is exposed as a fraud and a liar.

Nonetheless, that the U of ILL would consider Thavolia Glymph to come on taxpayer money to represent  the "inclusiveness" of Illinois, says precious little good about our state or University (not that there is much left to harm). Nor does it give the appropriate level of importance to a document such as the Emancipation Proclamation, when one of their participants was so, and continues to be, rabid about shredding the Constitution and the rights therein to her own student body.

Posted by Hound No. 2

V is for Victory, Vindication, and Valdosta

There was some uplifting news from Georgia today: T. Hayden Barnes has emerged victorious over Valdosta State concerning his unlawful expulsion by former-president, Ronald Zaccari.

As FIRE writes, the importance of the case demonstrates that "no president is above the law." To be sure, the major victory of this case, even beyond the return of Mr. Barnes lost rights of speech and due process, is the black eye against abuse of sovereign immunity by administrators and public officials in these cases. Judge Parnell ruled that Zaccari is "personally liable" for his actions. People like Mike Nifong, John Fallon, Rod BLAHgo, and Charles Steger can longer hide behind their roles as "good-intending" public stooges, but without the public accountability checks in place. The case can only further the backlash of government institutional abuse in a season and time where public loathing of government waste, corruption, and insularity is at an all-time peak.

Others have also weighed in with some observations which we believe are vital to the fight to combat the erosion of students rights across the nation.

The Student Press Law Center in particular states that the case highlights the promising trend of student handbooks and codes acting as legally-binding documents for schools that violate student rights; not only in public schools but private (emphasis added) as well:

"That finding adds to a growing body of law that makes clear
promises made by schools in handbooks, school charters, “Student Rights and
Responsibility” documents and other university statements can provide students
with legal protections that extend beyond those provided by more traditional
law. While most cases have so far involved promises made to students about the
fairness of campus disciplinary systems, the Student Press Law Center has long
argued that schools should also be held legally accountable for violating their
own student media policies and other provisions promising to protect student
speech."

An example of the crucial ramifications of this decision, we imagine this cannot make Brodhead and his ilk in the faculty and Duke echelons resting easy, since part of the Duke's rather pithy defense of its blatant violation of its own students rights rests on the out-right nullification of the Duke's faculty, student handbooks.

Posted by Hound No. 8
The Hounds of TASSers'ville

Christmas in ALMOST July

Christmas came early today for all citizens of the state of ILL, when the trial of impeached and indicted Rod Blagojevich began today. The Tribune article (which we just linked <------ back that-a-way ) gives a good look at what the Blagojevich trial means to the much-anticipated electoral carnage of the midterm elections this year.



But we see that the BLAHgo blitzes going on right now will only be a partial stain to the democrat/Chicago/domination establishment, which the Tribune seems to think will act as a a scarlet letter on any





Madigan the vote to impeach BLAHgo is sort of a badge of honor, a reverse of the the possible backlash for the vote for ObamaCare. (though Madigan may wish to do that as well, and point to the unanimous ILL house opposition to Blago's health care bill, which ObamaCare in many ways resembles).



Rather, ties to Blagojevich, will be only half the equation, and in some cases, the better half.

Posted by Hound No. 6

Roland along down the gutter

Just when it seemed that things could not become even more pitiful in IL, after the revelations of conceiving pay-for-play deals between Burris and Blago in Judge-ordered tapes, Burris believes that his withholding of the conversation was justifiable!

Burris rationalizes his ridiculous assertion in this manner:

You're being asked questions and one thing you don't do is to try to
volunteer information that wasn't asked. There was no obligation
there."

Really. How pragmatic of him, not to mention thoughtful for him to be so concerned about insulting Robert Blagojevich rather than insulting the IL population. If Burris is, as he says, "as straightforward and honest as I can be," then we truly grieve for all the good people (and Hounds of course) in our backyard.

Posted by Alpha Hound

BLAHgo back?

Coming from Patrick Fitzgerald, a man most would expect to be upholding the law, this indeed is shocking:

Apparently, Fitzgerald, who has recently been lauded for getting rats and criminals out of IL businesses, now is chirping a different tune for jailbirds.

In his own words, would Fitzgerald consider the already-wronged populace of this laughing stock of a state "negligent" to not be so-inclined to have BLAHgo, Rezko, Ryan, and co. back in business?

Posted by Alpha Hound

It's our MONEY, not our FAULT

In a brazen Letter to the editor from this week's News-Gazette, Ed Geppert, president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, was proselytizing to the good people of the state bemoaning the extremely over-dramatic woes of the state's "public servants"-as he calls them. Anyone who has followed the actions of the IFT will find this laughable. "Teachers and public employees," he writes, "did not cause this problem." (the problem being the enormous debt that has been generated by state pension problems). Geppert in his audacious claim seems clear to forget (more likely to ignore) the role of perhaps the ultimate public employee:

It is ironic that Geppert should write this on the eve that his most esteemed receiver of patronage, that is disgraced, impeached, and indicted ex-governor Rod Blagojevich enters his plea on accusations of (among other things) attempting to sell U.S. Senate seats. So we wondered greatly why Geppert does seem so virulently upset about no money to the teacher pensions when his own organization has donated nearly $2 million to BLAHgojevich's campaigns for the governorship? Not to mention the parent AFT's donation in addition. How about the Illinois Education Association's of over half a million dollars. (source for these contributions here)

Perhaps the IFT would do better for their teachers to cough up their own funds instead of funding criminal state officials. Teachers and public servants may not be at fault, but Geppert and his own certainly are.

Posted by Hound No. 4