UPDATE: I've been promised a copy tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Does anyone have a copy of the offensive remarks referenced by Dean Schill in his email last night of "Peace, Love, and Grooviness"? If so, please post them in the comments. Perhaps we're running closer to UT than I previously thought.
And lord knows I didn't sign up for moot court this semester – sadly, my resume is already stuffed to the gills with meaningless padding and there just wasn't any room for it.
In the past week, we have experienced one such incident when the Moot Court Board created an exercise that included racial stereotypes and then compounded the problem by using a jocular tone. Understandably, many students were deeply offended that a formal law school academic activity would include undeniably offensive stereotypes.
17 Oct 06
Be careful -- I can see the Schillmail now:
"Last night, one of the members of our robust UCLAW blogging community allowed a comment to be posted that included racial stereotypes, and then compounded the problem by zinging my administration in a jocular manner."
I suggest that you have the comment read by a faculty advisor before posting.
Posted by: Anonymous Bosch at October 17, 2006 04:54 PMThis is really getting ridiculous. I vote Schill PC wimp of the year.
Posted by: at October 17, 2006 05:37 PMReally, there is nothing to be done but be thankful he even said anything.
For a New Yorker, Schill is strangely disappointing (wimpy.) I guess he must of come from mid-town manhattan.
Mademoiselle,
I think the attitude among some of the student body is that it would have been better had Schill not said/done anything at all -- not that it would have been better had he said/done something bolder. That is, some students are the opposite of "thankful he even said anything." But, I might be misunderstanding your point.
Posted by: Anonymous at October 18, 2006 03:46 PMAnonymous is right.
When I said he was a PC Wimp it was because he is should tell people to just get over it and go cry to their mommies if they need somebody to cry to. See, e.g., Schill-Mails regarding: The Scrivener, military recruiting on campus, illegal immigration protest.
Posted by: at October 18, 2006 04:26 PM