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| Drexel Faces Backlash From Donors, Students Over Professor's Offensive Tweets |
| 2017-04-26 |
| [INSIDER.FOXNEWS] Drexel University is reportedly facing a backlash from donors and prospective students, prompting an investigation by the school into some offensive tweets by a professor. George Ciccariello-Maher wrote last Christmas about how he wanted "white genocide" and last month he wrote that he wanted to "vomit" when he saw an airline passenger give up his seat to a U.S. soldier. The school is concerned about the repercussions of Ciccariello-Maher's tweets, including another anti-police message in which he wrote "off the pigs." The tweets, and the resulting complaints to the private Philadelphia school, triggered an April 3 email from the university's provost to Ciccariello-Maher about his "extremely damaging conduct." According to reports, the email informed him about the formation of "a special committee of inquiry to investigate your conduct and provide findings and recommendations." The provost wrote that "at least two potential significant donors to the university have withheld previously promised donations," while numerous prospective students said they would not attend due to the inflammatory comments. Additionally, Pennsylvania State Senate President Joe Scarnati (R-Punxsutawney) and State Sens. John Rafferty (R-Montgomery) and Ryan Aument (R-Lancaster) wrote a letter to Drexel administration demanding Ciccariello-Maher be fired. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 He looks pretty white to me, did he volunteer himself to be genocided? Can't he just commit suicide and be done with it? |
| Posted by: Fat Bob Chomort7338 2017-04-26 14:01 |
| #8 That one's been removed. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-04-26 13:49 |
| #7 #7: Are you sure you didn't mean the previous commenter? |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2017-04-26 11:41 |
| #6 George Ciccariello-Maher appears to be an anger-filled, p!ssed off individual with a bag full of mental problems. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-04-26 10:16 |
| #5 Statefunded 'higher education' needs to revert back to the old A&M* schools of practical instruction and leave 'enlightenment' to private paper mills. As long as you didn't rid of collegiality and affirmative action, won't matter. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-04-26 08:13 |
| #4 There is no intellect in these institutions, instead they have become 'institutions' of those who couldn't make it in open society. State funded 'higher education' needs to revert back to the old A&M* schools of practical instruction and leave 'enlightenment' to private paper mills. *19th Century Agricultural and Mechanical to contemporary Application and Medical |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-04-26 08:08 |
| #3 Actions have consequences? Who knew? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-04-26 06:38 |
| #2 Stop subsidizing their utilities. AND give the guy a beatdown. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-04-26 03:55 |
| #1 Good. Shut the fucking place down. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-04-26 00:08 |