LieStoppers: Duke Student Group Banned From Football Game

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Duke Student Group Banned From Football Game

KC Johnson: Black Panthers Welcome, Duke Students Not?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: What is going on at Duke? The New Black Panthers can come on campus spreading their hate, but NO ONE dare sign up students to vote in the Nov 7 election outside the Football Stadium.

Clearly Brodhead still fears the Duke 88 and Nifong; 11:28 AM
Anonymous said...: Penn students should capitalize on right to vote in this election

by Amy Gutmann, President, University of Pennsylvania

September 8th, 2004.

The Daily Pennsylvanian, Guest Column, page A6. Volume 120, no. 68.

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As one of the most hotly contested U.S. presidential elections in history draws closer, American democracy needs a shot of that Penn resolve. Political campaigns should stimulate a robust, mutually respectful debate over competing perspectives, culminating in heavy voter turnout.

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And we need more engaged citizens who inform themselves of the issues and vote their informed preferences.

Nothing would make me prouder of being Penn's president than to see Penn students begin to turn the tide of recent history from impoverished polemics and political apathy to mutually respectful deliberation and active engagement.
There is no better place to begin pursuing political empowerment than a great university like Penn. In the weeks ahead, Penn students will have many opportunities to discuss the relevant issues and to register to vote.

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Of course, any student is also free to dodge this teachable moment. But those who sit out the election will exercise in the negative the once hard-won right of every citizen to speak out publicly and to vote.

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My generation fought hard to extend the franchise to 18 to 20 year olds, and cheered when the 26th Amendment to the Constitution was finally ratified in 1971. It pains me to see that precious right to vote squandered.
But I am a stubborn optimist. I know that it is within the power of Penn's extraordinary students to elevate the level of discourse to heights that would make our Founders proud, and to vote in proportions that will prove the possibility of increasing voter turnout significantly in these troubled times. And I look forward to standing shoulder to shoulder with our students as we rise to the challenge of uniting behind the glory of American democracy by responsibly exercising our constitutionally-given rights.

http://www.compact.org/resources/detail.php?id=28; 4:38 PM
Anonymous said...: I would like to thank Brodhead and whoever banned the group from the football game. In doing so you just might have made more students want to register to vote.; 8:44 AM
Anonymous said...: Mr. Brodhead be a MAN. RESIGN!!!!!; 8:01 AM
Anonymous said...: Anonymous post at Durham in Wonderland:
A little birdie told me that an administrator expressed that the participating students were registering voters with an intended bias. NOTE: the students were wearing t-shirts that said "Voice Your Choice". They said nothing about Cheeks/NiFong/Lacrosse.

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Burness is either a liar or worse, was never informed that the students were nixed for attempts at any and all events surrounding the game (please feel free to "Voice Your Choice" word for Burness). Nobody was banking on registering students inside the stadium.

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Students were shut down completely--I heard they were told that they would be escorted off campus property if they didn't comply.

12:21 AM

http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2006/09/black-panthers-welcome-duke-students.html; 2:21 PM

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