Blogger, parrot, Michael Palin

adamg — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:17:50 -0400

Spatch saw Michael Palin at the Brattle last night. There's more to the story than just that, however.

Take that, Harvard!

adamg — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:25:11 -0400

Leigh reminds this old Brandeis grad of one of the school's distinctions:

... How many universities can claim to be the alma mater of three of the only eight women to ever make the FBI's Most Wanted List? ...

Unfortunately, unlike with other Brandeis convicts (Abbie Hoffman and Jack Abramoff spring to mind), a Boston police officer wound up dead, murdered during a Brighton bank robbery in which two of the three women participated.

Protests and freedom of expression on local campuses

adamg — Wed, 03 May 2006 11:18:55 -0400

Brandeis cancels an exhibit of art by Palestinians.

Joel Brown: Brandeis looks gutless on this one, and the censorship will fuel the resentment of those hostile to the Israeli cause.

He notes the exhibit might be shown at MIT, which is having some censorship issues of its own.

Dan Kennedy notes the involvement of the Zionist Organization of America in the protest and tells the Globe to dig deeper into what's going on in Waltham.

Meanwhile, over at BC, some people object to Condoleezza Rice getting an honorary degree, which leaves Carpundit wondering:

... If a speaker has a history of hostility to racial groups, or religious ones; or a criminal history; or views antithetical to the college's stated purpose (Rosie O'Donnell speaking at Liberty University, say). But I cannot understand why anyone would oppose the presence of the Secretary of State of the United States. Is BC just another college full of clueless, lefty professors?

That was rhetorical.

What, nothing on the Harvard internalizer case? Michael says the real plagiarism scandal is not some 19-year old getting caught, but the head of a local multinational getting away with plagiarism (also see today's piece on how he even stole from Dave Barry):

... [A] 57-year-old should presumably have better judgment than a 19-year-old. Shouldn't he admit his mistake and take steps to see that credit goes where credit is due?

At the very least, it does seem unfair that Viswanathan is undergoing such a public pillorying at the same time that Swanson's plagiarism is essentially being ignored.