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Bollinger finally acknowledged the outrage and walked back his offensive posturing. We proved that this administration cannot treat our campus like their personal stage for insults while hiding behind the guise of academic freedom. Stay vigilant because we have shown them exactly what happens when we refuse to let them …

November 1, 2007

An Open Letter to President Lee Bollinger

An Open Letter to President Lee Bollinger

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Started by Anonymous 18 years, 10 months ago
October 1, 2007 Dear President Bollinger: We, the undersigned students of the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University, express our deep concern over the nature of your recent introductory remarks addressing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the Islamic Republic of Iran. As members of the school that hosted this event, we believe that you disgraced the spirit of academic exchange and diplomacy that our institution promotes. The World Leaders Forum, created to enable the Columbia community to

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Reached 500 supporters

October 1, 2007

September 30, 2007

Bollinger chose to humiliate our institution on a global stage and we aren't going to let him forget it. We are closing in on 500 signatures so blast this link out to your networks before we walk into his office. Stop being passive while he insults the integrity of our school.

Reached 100 supporters

September 28, 2007

6 Comments

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Jessica Guerrero
18 years ago Featured

Really disappointed in how this was handled. We are an elite school and we should act like it.

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Elena Murphy
18 years ago Featured

Hard to take the forum seriously after that display. It was supposed to be about dialogue not a lecture.

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Sarah Vargas
18 years ago Featured

This was so unprofessional. I expected better from someone in his position. Really embarrassed to be a student here right now.

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David Guerrero
18 years ago Featured

BOLLINGER SHOULD APOLOGIZE. Total lack of decorum.

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Mark Bello
18 years ago Featured

You can disagree with someone and still show basic courtesy. This just made the school look petty and small.

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Jason Townsend
18 years ago Featured

So much for diplomacy. That intro was just aggressive for no reason.

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