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Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Universities in moral "freefall", Cornell included I often Google the phrases "gay + ithaca" and "gay + cornell" to find things to post on my blog. Today, The Moral Freefall of Today’s American Universities from Christian Broadcasting Network got my attention: And it is not just anti-Americanism that has escalated. Just look at this list of courses taught at some of America's top universities:This goes a long way to showing just how intolerant this brand of "christianity" is. To claim that certain subjects are off-limits or less scholarly simply because they contradict or question your personal belief system is ridiculous. No one is forced to take Gay Fiction at Cornell University. I didn't, and I'm gay! (I did, however, take Introduction to Sexual Minorities, so if the 700 Club and Pat Robertson are looking for a scarier course title to target, they missed the most obvious choice.) And then I realized I was taking this whole ridiculous article too seriously. Pat Robertson, one of my favorite evangelists (yes, I have more than one), interviews the author of a book on this disturbing trend in higher education. Highlighted excerpts from this author follow: We thought that when the riots ended, that perhaps the dangers went away. But the dangers are now worse, because they are now ideological dangers and philosophical dangers, and ideas that crept in, especially from France.France!? Again!? Yikes, when are we bombing that country, anyway? Well, basically, what they are not teaching are the things you and I learned at college. They are not teaching freshman English nor American history, nor basic mathematics and science.Really? Then what was I getting up at 9 AM for? Non-existant freshman english and intro biology? The interview really spirals out of control when these two jokers start talking about the new fad called "hooking up," and shocking STD statistics! The level of exaggeration is pure lunacy. And, Cornell gets mentioned twice! (You can imagine my disappointment to find out that I missed an opportunity to take a course on the undead right here at good ol' CU. Pat Robertson has a real problem with Vampires, as you'll see.) | private feedback | Comments:
I am a Conehead, I am from France ... uhhh ... last *I* knew, didn't students allready need to know things like basic math and science to get *into* college ? Especially to be admitted to one of these higher-level universities listed in the article ?
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