MN's St. Thomas U. bids Adieu to Tutu!

[Karenina]

http://www.alternet.org/audits/64314

"Minneapolis/St.Paul's City Pages just reported that members of the St Thomas Justice and Peace Studies program were thrilled when Bishop Tutu agreed to speak at the University" but administrators did a scientific survey of the Jews of Minneapolis, which included querying exactly one spokesperson for Minnesota's Jewish Community Relations Council and several rabbis who taught in a University program" and concluded that Tutu is bad for the Jews and should therefore be barred from campus."

:freak::shrug::freak:

[annabanana]

1. That is shameful. If Columbia can host Achmadinijad, WTF

is wrong with U of Minn?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. It's not the University of Minnesota.

It's St. Thomas University, a private Catholic college. Tutu will be speaking next Spring at Metropolitan State University, which is part of the MN state college system. I don't understand what got St. Thomas' undies in such a bunch.

[annabanana]

3. Thanks for the correction... Still it's puzzling.

From what I've read, he's questioned some of Isreal's policies.

[wellst0nev0ter]

7. Well, It's Not The First Time St. Thomas Was Involved In Reich-Wing Controversy

Look at what they do to professors who have contrary beliefs to the, ahem, high-profile issues of the Catholic faith.

[cali]

4. This is just so disgraceful.

How embarassing that an American University should treat Tutu this way.

[wellst0nev0ter]

5. Pure Bullshit Indeed

Like the time when they tried to have U.S. taxpayer money be earmarked for new settlements during the early nineties, the Israel lobby will overreach one of these days.

[The Stranger]

6. Invite him back to speak at a real university nearby.

Make sure they can't pull another stunt like this again.

That would be one way to deal with it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. That's exactly what has happened.

One of the state colleges, located only a few miles away, has invited him to speak.

[Karenina]

11. That's good news!

I was totally dumbfounded when I read the article. :crazy:

[Bitwit1234]

8. You have to remember that's a republican stronghold

here is where Phew-lenty miraculously pulled out his election for governor. Here is where the ding bat butt hole Mitchell Bachman won the election for representative. You'all saw how ditzy brained she is....can you believe any group of people would want something like that to represent them. Minneapolis/St Paul did.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Actually, no.

St. Paul is pretty much Democratic, and the deeply loony Michelle Bachmann represents an entirely different district, the suburbs east of St. Paul. And Minneapolis is represented by controversial left-wing Muslim (as some have characterized him) Keith Ellison.

It's nothing to do with St. Thomas being in a "Republican" area (it isn't); it's because the school's administration has some weird notions.

[Karenina]

12. Their "notions" have prompted me to don my

:tinfoilhat: I saw reference to them, in former times, "virulently" not having any nice thing to say about "them."

[dflprincess]

13. Also note that Pawlenty has never been elected by a majority of voters in a state wide race

He's won with a plurality - I think last November it was 45%.

[jpgray]

14. I live by St. Thomas. It is -anything- but a Republican stronghold

Macalester, which is just down the road, is extremely liberal in its student body and professorship. St. Thomas is slightly more conservative, but the area is overwhelmingly liberal. On the way to vote in '04, every house I passed had a Kerry sign.

From open secrets, 98% of contributions over $200 have gone to Democrats for this cycle, and that's with $57,936 donated so far. The average zip donates a bit over $$13,000.