Thursday, April 3, 2008
Columbia University may have been willing to keep things internal with regard to Professor Madonna G. Constantine's plagiarism problem, but the State of New York is not going to let lie the noose on the doorknob: Grand Jury Is Investigating Noose at Columbia University
A state grand jury in Manhattan is investigating the appearance of a noose in October on the office door of a black education professor at Columbia University, officials said on Monday.
The spokeswoman, Marcia Horowitz, confirmed that the university had received a subpoena for records pertaining to the Teachers College professor, Madonna G. Constantine, whose specialty is race and multiculturalism. Ms. Horowitz said the university was turning over records, but she would not be specific...
...The noose made national news, with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg saying it was "despicable" and Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia's president, describing it as "an assault on all of us" in an e-mail message to students and faculty members.
In February, university officials revealed that Dr. Constantine had been under an internal investigation for plagiarism for the previous 18 months, which included the time when the noose appeared on her door...
Where did the noose come from? No one is saying yet, but someone is sweating in New York. [h/t: Adam Holland]
I don't understand. The grand jury is investigating who, for what? I know it's theoretically possible for "runaway" grand juries to issue subpoenas on their own -- presumably that's what's happening given that there's no prosecutor mentioned?
Once again, I wish Head Heeb would return to blogging...
That noose story sounded fishy to me right away.
Plus I believe a few days later a swastika appeared in some bathroom wall at Columbia.
Columbia also was slow on turning over videos of the hallways.
THIS was the Inside Job the "Troofers" speak about.