Op-Ed Drama!

People should stop commenting on this op-ed. This is just a little child screaming for attention. Michael Hawley is a waste of time. You can run your mouth in the Primary Source all you want about your conservative issues, but you better think twice before you attack a community/event/ a particular person that you are completely ignorant of because it will not only make you look unprepared and stupid, but also discredit your claim. So sit down, shut up and learn.

What's up with all this "EPIC FAIL" nonsense? I mean, apparently it's clever enough for two really bright individuals to come up with independently and apply to this article. Ebonics, I'm guessing?

You speak of the end television but this article reads like a blog from a pissed off 17 year old who didn't get a pony for her birthday. You might be a little bit more self reflexive next time when you realize your fledging days at the "independent" paper are going to be over soon and you try and get a job at a real paper, just when you realize the paper is a dead medium...

Stop writing positive comments on your own articles.

I think the Tufts community needs an "explanation" from you for being so irresponsible in your "article." Misquotations, taking things out of context and coming to an erroneous conclusion about what happened in the 3 hours of a ceremony for which you heard in passing MAYBE a minute of in total---both times. This is disgusting and a representation of the "bubble" people like yourself have created. Do not try to become the victim. Victims, at the very least, know how they are being victimized. You didn't have a clue what was going on. By the way, I guess you know what it feel likes to be the minority. Im sure you would like some support like the black community still does and needs- hence Black Solidarity Day. Quite frankly, the event wasn't supposed to make you or anyone feel comfortable, it was meant to motivate and inspire people to close the schisms amongst people, especially amongst the black people on campus. It was not Peniel Joseph's job to make you feel comfortable, it was to get you to listen. Apparently, he did a good job-- you just didn't listen long enough or well enough. Because if you did, you wouldn't have posted this slipshod attempt of an article reporting on an event---one to which you didn't attend. P.S. God bless you and your ignorant approach to such a sensitive issue. Get it together --- your Tufts student--

Great article- social justice still works at Tufts

Epic failure.

I dismissed his whole article--the entire thing-- You don't write an article on a few sentences you heard in passing..thats dumb-- not the Tufts way--get it together Mr. Hawley. Clearly, he took the speech out of context as the informed person befpre me has stated quite eloquently. Therefore, his whole arugument of racist bigotry taking place on Black solidarity day is and always will be illogical.

"Kerry is a Vietnam veteran and voluntarily served his country in arguably one of the least patriotic wars in our history."

You mean the one started and escalated by the "dead Kennedy" administration? THAT "unpatriotic" war?

What many folks do not know is that Kerry was actually a prominent anti-war activist following his military service.

Shhhhh. He was a "War Hero" in campaign '04...doncha know?

Oh nevermind -- Daily addressed that in the piece. Good reporting, then. But I hope you actually looked at the budget and didn't take their word for it!

So how much more do Corporals make than regular officers?

The list being limited to Blackberry and iPhone simply shows that students choose "fashion" rather than functionality. It's rather funny to see how people are using these devices without any clue how to.

Poorly written article that says the downfall of television is the shortening of a word. Get serious! Nicole Ritchie said the same thing five years ago on The Simple Life. People shouldn't "bleed" from the ears from the word "setetiquette" either as many words have been shortened or changed with the proliferation of text messaging. You sound like an old English teacher that shouldn't be watching MTV anyway. GO BACK TO PBS!

it is important to have these senators on the board. as long as senate doesn't get rid of community chairs.. as one has heard whispered around campus

What is the black community solidifying against? I'm sorry, lest we forget the Primary Source Christmas Carol incident that basically said black people at Tufts are stupid and only got in because of affirmative action, the KSA incident last year, graffiti on students white boards attacking their sexual orientations, Tufts is not perfect and things happen that leave students feeling uncomfortable and disjointed from their larger community. if these things happen at littleTufts, think about what happens off campus when people are walking minding their own business. I was even a target of racism in Boston in the middle of the afternoon. I was intimidated and concerned for my safety and this happened in Arlington! Again, black solidarity isn't just about black grievances, it's about ALL communities that are targeted because black people in America have for generations have been combating not only racism, but institutional injustices. communities need to help each other.

What Caitlin said.

Don't you read, Cheeze Bottoms? Mitchell is not a girls name, why do you assume that a female wrote it? that's pretty f'd up.

Who even prints this when he was not even there long enough to hear anything. Does the daily like to promote obvious ignorance? Prof Joseph was speaking of white students in general that were around (there were many more than just your group) not targeting you. He also addressed gay, Latino,female, etc. students. Get a clue.

you're a jackass, and you don't even know what you're talking about. I wish Tufts students like you would actually use the brains that got you into this school to LEARN something. you've made a mess of an important event on the Tufts campus to bring awareness of various ongoing issues, and why? because you felt "targeted" b/c you were so rude in walking through the event, instead of taking 2 minutes out of your day to really hear what the professor was saying? you are pathetic.

Still love the Colts, still hate the Patriots.

Professor Joseph DID say "white folk." He singled a group of white students out for being white. FACT

18-0 Colts take on the 18-0 Saints. Awesome thought!

I dont know whats the big deal about taking a "recreational drugs" or that he lied about it or the timing of the issue. I think whats most important is what example he sets to the kids who look up to him especially because he runs a school for under-priveleged children who would be more impressionable to such declarations.

Michael Hawley you are an IDIOT. How did you even get into Tufts in the first place? You disgust me with your terrible journalism skills. You cannot go to an event for five minutes, take a few words out of context, and then come up with a generalized false statement. Try using your head next time, bud. You SUCK and have no friends.

This article is an EPIC FAIL.

"I argue that ignoring or, worse, eliminating religion would be as ineffective as placing limits on scientific progress, an impractical position that will lead to more harm than good."

Some would argue to the contrary to that point, in fact there is a good portion of the population that believes a great deal of good would come from eliminating the influences of religion in public life. More so, to compare science and religion is to beyond comparing apples to oranges. These are not the same things, they're not even ideologically similar. Here's an example:

"And just as scientists must come together to monitor the uses of their findings, diverse people must come together to multiply the good and combat the bad that originate from their faiths and beliefs."

In science that coming together is called peer review that challenges old ideas and paradigms and replaces them with new experimentally proven models. In religion what you've advocated is called blasphemy or just plain rewriting of doctrine. I'm not exactly certain how you combat the bad parts of the old testament or the any of the particular nasty parts of any religious text. Do theologians peer review them?

Or this statement: "In fact, studies show that between 70 and 90 percent of Americans are confident that a god exists, one of the highest percentages worldwide."

That also means a good number of Americans believe that humans and dinosaurs walked the earth together, evolution is a non-reality, and reject basic scientific principles.

Bad use of comparisons.

Charlatans like Michael Hawley think their opinions matter even if they did not understand what was going on at the Black Solidarity Day event. What a mess!

If I may be so bold as to point out that both Discourse and Hemispheres publish almost the exact same content. The majority of articles in the Spring 2009 issue were on international issues, On top of covering the same topics as Hemispheres on the international front, they were asking for more money Hemispheres and all of the other academic journals COMBINED. That's absolutely ridiculous. It would make more sense to join with Hemispheres and expand the content of Hemispheres to be more modern and include more domestic affairs, than to create a journal that is an almost exact replica of an existing publication.

As it is Discourse got more money after being an official group for all of one month than every other academic journal (except Hemispheres) has in their budgets (and all of those journals are far older than Discourse). How anyone can see this as anything else than an egregious abuse of the recognition process and the bullying of the Senate to ask for money that no other similar group gets is beyond me.

Dear Honkytonk,
read the comments below, before posting and sounding like a moron (although your choice of name already gives that away). No one was singled out at the event, as mentioned by "do your homework," Professor Joseph asked everyone one walking by to stop and listen not just the "white folk."

train wreck TV, can't stop watching...

EVEN if the quotes were taken out of context, who's fault is it? Would you blame a group of black students for being taken back at being singled out at a White Solidarity event?

Every year this event is the same. The title of the event tells you all you need to know about this racist clown show. What exactly is the black community "solidifying" against?

I think you completely invalidated yourself because you were not even there for the whole event. If you are going to write an article about an issue, it would make sense that you are atleast in attendance for the whole event, otherwise your cries are totally invalid because you simply took bits and pieces in an attempt to make a point... but in any case, you failed. Also I think you need to check your understanding of Black Solidarity Day and what it is, your confused! And no one, especially not Prof. Joseph, owes you any kind of explanation.

I agree particularly with the first comment. i felt that prof joseph's speech was beckoning the black community to help liberate the many communities that helped liberate them during the civil rights movement. and btw... he didn't say to the "white folk" walking by... he said to "all of the folk walking by." perhaps if you took heed, you and your two angered friends would have understood the point of the address. a mature thing to do would have been to ask questions. you look very foolish jumping the gun publicly-- you should know this as president of a political group. poor reflection of yourself and others.

calm yourself.
they do this for a living.
its actually a very entertaining show.

Looks like someone takes their TV a little too seriously. This article looks like it was written by a jealous little girl or bitter ex-wife judging by the grammar and poise.

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At first i was unsure if i liked it because it seemed so different from their usual style
but as i listen to the album over i really found my self falling in love with these tracks as i did back when The Con first came out.
I love Tegan and Sara's music and i just cant get enough of their music!

I was also there the whole time. If you listened to everything that was said and not just overhear a sentence or two, there was nothing to be outraged about. It was all very positive for whites and blacks.

I was there and was outraged at the professor as well.